Spanish C2 · Day 27
Day 27: Retrospección clínica sobre casos ajenos — Word formation through Spanish suffixes (part 2)
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- Grammar: Word formation through Spanish suffixes (part 2)
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Grammar point: Word formation through Spanish suffixes (part 2)
At C2, choosing a suffix can mean choosing an interpretation. In criticism of case reviews, -izar and -ificar often cast institutional prose as transformation, reduction, or distortion. Compare: «La redacción banaliza el sufrimiento» and «La redacción minimiza el sufrimiento».
Key vocabulary (8 of 35 words)
- el diagnóstico retrospectivo – diagnosis applied retrospectively to a historical person
- la unidad nosológica – distinct disease entity
- la patografía – account of a person's life through their illnesses
- el valor de la fuente – value of a document as historical evidence
- la carga de sufrimiento – subjectively experienced burden of suffering
- la clasificación nosológica – classification within a system of diseases; technical
- el diagnóstico de sospecha / el diagnóstico de certeza – suspected diagnosis / confirmed diagnosis
- el patrón interpretativo coetáneo – interpretive framework used at the time
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