Spanish C2 · Day 14
Day 14: Prelación de créditos bancarios — Middle versus passive se (part 1)
What you'll learn
- Grammar: Middle versus passive se (part 1)
- Reading: El anexo demasiado ordenado
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Grammar point: Middle versus passive se (part 1)
«Se impugnó el privilegio» reports an action carried out on the claim. Passive se is an eventive passive alternative: the grammatical subject is the patient of an implicit human action, while the responsible actor usually remains unnamed. In criticism of bank-credit rankings, «Este privilegio se impugna con dificultad» does more than identify an available procedure.
Key vocabulary (8 of 40 words)
- la resolubilidad – resolvability of a failing bank
- la capacidad de absorción de pérdidas – capacity to absorb losses
- la prelación de créditos – order of priority among creditors
- el orden de prelación – order of seniority
- la subordinación – subordination of a claim
- el pacto de postergación – agreement to subordinate a claim
- la cascada de absorción – sequence in which losses are allocated
- la recapitalización interna – creditor participation in absorbing losses
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