Spanish C2 · Day 44
Day 44: Autocensura a medias en la prensa del franquismo — Choosing que, quien or el cual
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- Grammar: Choosing que, quien or el cual
- Reading: La página que se calla a medias
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Grammar point: Choosing que, quien or el cual
In an essay on the Franco-era press, que and quien let you distinguish selection from a personal comment: “el párrafo que el redactor tachó”; “el redactor, quien tachó el párrafo”. Both can appear in the same report, but their work differs. The first identifies which sentence was cut; the second comments on a person already identified.
Key vocabulary (8 of 31 words)
- la censura previa – censorship before publication
- la censura a posteriori – censorship or punitive measures after publication
- la autocensura – self-censorship
- la obediencia anticipada – anticipatory obedience beyond what has actually been demanded
- la autorización de imprenta – official authorization to print
- el reparo oficial – an official objection to a passage or publication
- el secuestro administrativo – the seizure of printed material
- la consigna de prensa – an official order steering newspaper coverage
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