Spanish C1 · Day 8
Day 8: Interseccionalidad y desigualdad social — Gerund periphrases: ir, andar and venir plus gerund (part 2)
What you'll learn
- Grammar: Gerund periphrases: ir, andar and venir plus gerund (part 2)
- Reading: El cruce de las jerarquías: la interseccionalidad ante la desigualdad social
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Grammar point: Gerund periphrases: ir, andar and venir plus gerund (part 2)
At C1, you are learning to separate periphrases that English often collapses into one progressive form. Among them, «ir + gerundio» is especially precise. «Estar + gerundio» places an action in progress at a given moment; «ir + gerundio» presents it as a gradual process, usually with a cumulative or scalar change.
Key vocabulary (8 of 20 words)
- la interseccionalidad – intersectionality
- la forma discriminatoria – form of discrimination
- la discriminación múltiple – multiple discrimination
- la marginación – marginalization
- la vulnerabilidad – vulnerability
- la desventaja estructural – structural disadvantage
- el privilegio – privilege
- la asimetría de poder – power asymmetry
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