The touchscreen
In A Coruña a sliding finger replaces the cat photo with the kitchen. Tomás goes back to the cat and they look without touching the glass.
La pantalla táctil
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What you'll learn
Spanish present tense: in this gallery a moving finger changes the photo.
Tomás wants to show the cat photo in A Coruña. His sister moves her finger and the kitchen appears. There are three photos: cat, kitchen, and window. In this gallery, if the finger moves, another photo appears. They go back to the cat and look without touching the glass. They do not use a mouse or a keyboard. Tomás turns the screen off with the cat still showing.
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puedo tocar la pantalla
newto touch the screen with my fingers
Tocar la pantalla con mis dedos is the basic touch-screen gesture.
Main action from the opening paragraph about touch screens.
Es muy fácil y natural de usar
newto control the device
Controlar el dispositivo is the purpose of touching; uses para + infinitive.
Explains why you tap the screen in the article.
Puedo deslizar para ver más fotos
newto swipe the finger
Deslizar el dedo is the scroll gesture up or sideways.
Key gesture from the «Tocar y deslizar» section.
Junto los dedos para hacer las cosas más pequeñas
newI can swipe to see more photos
Puedo deslizar para ver uses poder + infinitive for ability.
Practical phrase about viewing photos and long text.
Toco las letras una por una
newto hold pressed (long press)
Mantener presionado is a long tap for menus or moving apps.
Important gesture from the extra-actions section.
Es más natural tocar que usar botones o ratones
newa keyboard appears on the screen
Aparece un teclado uses impersonal form to describe the interface.
Phrase from the typing section.
Key words
Vocabulary that carries the school-day topic.
Touch screens
pantalla táctil
touch screens
Pantallas táctiles is the article topic; táctil agrees with pantallas.
Central phrase of the entire article.
Sensors
deslizar
sensors
Sensores are under the glass and detect heat or pressure.
Explains how the touch screen works technically.
To swipe
pellizcar
to swipe / slide
Deslizar is the verb for the swipe gesture; often with para + infinitive.
One of the key gesture verbs in the article.
To pinch
teclado
to pinch
Pellizcar is the two-finger gesture for zoom on photos and maps.
Word from the «Pellizcar para hacer zoom» section.
Fingerprints
sensores
fingerprints
Huellas are marks on the screen; quitar huellas means to remove them.
Practical word from screen-care advice.
Intuitive
huellas
intuitive
Intuitivo means easy to understand without instructions; describes touch screens.
Word from the closing paragraph on the technology's benefits.
Grammar in context
Patterns from the text worth noticing after reading.
Poder: puedo tocar
puedo tocar la pantalla con mis dedos
I can touch the screen with my fingers to control the device
Puedo + infinitive (tocar); para + infinitive shows purpose.
Grammar from the opening paragraph on control.
Present: toco
La pantalla táctil detecta cuando toco con mi dedo
the touch screen detects when I touch with my finger
Toco is present tense for describing routine screen interaction.
Example from the «Cómo funciona» section.
Infinitive as subject
Es muy fácil y natural de usar
swiping the finger moves content up or sideways
Deslizar el dedo is the subject; mueve is third-person singular.
Structure from the scrolling gestures section.
Deber + infinitive
Debo mantenerlas limpias para que funcionen bien
I must keep them clean so they work well
Debo + infinitive (mantenerlas); -las replaces pantallas.
Grammar from the screen-care section.
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