Charging the battery
Nuria's phone is off in Zaragoza. She plugs it in, waits, and sends Ya salgo without knowing if the battery will last all day.
Cargar la batería
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What you'll learn
Spanish present tense and querer: charging a phone for one message.
Nuria wants to text her father Ya salgo before the bus, in Zaragoza. The phone is off. There is one charger on the shelf. She does not know how many minutes it needs. She waits until the screen turns on. The battery is not full. She sends the message and does not know if her father reads it that second. She also does not know if the battery will last all day.
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Phrases, words, grammar, and quick practice from this text.
Phrases for training
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necesitan energía para funcionar
newthey need energy to work
Phrase from the opening: necesitar in third-person plural plus para + infinitive.
Useful for describing how devices operate.
Cuando la batería se acaba
newwhen the battery runs out
Reflexive se acaba shows the battery drains on its own.
Core phrase for low-battery situations.
conecto el cable al aparato
newI connect the cable to the device
conecto is first-person present in a charging instruction.
Useful for step-by-step charging instructions.
Una luz se enciende
newa light turns on
se enciende is reflexive: the light switches on by itself.
Useful when describing a charging indicator.
bajo el brillo de la pantalla
newI lower the screen brightness
bajo uses bajar to mean reducing a level.
Practical tip for saving battery life.
modo de ahorro de energía
newpower-saving mode
Compound noun for a phone setting from the saving section.
Important vocabulary for device settings.
Key words
Vocabulary that carries the school-day topic.
Charger
cargador
charger
Each device has its own cargador — a core topic word.
Central vocabulary for charging contexts.
Electricity
electricidad
electricity
The charger transforms electricidad from the wall for the battery.
Explains where charging power comes from.
Warning
advertencia
warning
An advertencia appears on screen when the battery is almost empty.
Useful for describing device alerts.
Plug
clavija
plug
clavija is the part of the cable that goes into the socket.
Useful when describing charging accessories.
Portable
portátil
portable
batería portátil means an external battery for travel.
Extends mobile charging vocabulary.
Recycle
reciclar
to recycle
Old batteries are collected to reciclar instead of throwing away.
Important word for the environmental closing theme.
Grammar in context
Patterns from the text worth noticing after reading.
Present actions
Primero conecto el cable al aparato.
First I connect the cable to the device.
conecto is the correct first-person form for a habitual action.
Gives a template for present-tense instructions.
Reflexive se acaba
Cuando la batería se acaba, debo cargarla para seguir usando mis dispositivos.
When the battery runs out, I must charge it to keep using my devices.
se acaba is reflexive: the battery drains without an external agent.
Helps you spot reflexive verbs in everyday texts.
Negative with deber
No debo dejar los aparatos cargando toda la noche porque puede dañar la batería.
I should not leave devices charging all night because it can damage the battery.
No debo + infinitive expresses advice against an action.
Useful for safe device-care recommendations.
Deber with purpose
debo cargarla para seguir usando mis dispositivos.
I must charge it to keep using my devices.
debo + infinitive + para + infinitive shows obligation and purpose.
A frequent pattern for explaining why to charge.
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