Pinch to zoom on a photo (A1)
Lucía wants to read a tiny note on a cake photo. She spreads two fingers on her phone and the letters grow.
Hacer zoom con los dedos
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What you'll learn
Present tense of querer, separar and juntar, plus screen and photo words.
Lucía is in the kitchen and opens a photo from her sister Marta. She wants to read a small note in front of a cake. She spreads her thumb and index finger, the picture grows, and she reads that the cake is in the oven. She then zooms in on Marta's face and sees flour on one cheek. When she brings her fingers together, the photo gets smaller.
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Phrases for training
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hacer zoom
newto zoom / pinch to zoom
Hacer zoom is the finger gesture to make things bigger or smaller on screen.
Core action of this touch-screen article.
Puedes acercar una imagen
newyou can zoom in on an image
Puedes + infinitive expresses ability to acercar (move closer).
Describes zoom in to see details.
pon dos dedos sobre la pantalla
newput two fingers on the screen
Pon is the imperative of poner: place two fingers on the screen.
First step of the zoom-in instructions.
Separa los dos dedos
newspread the two fingers apart
Separa is imperative of separar: move fingers in opposite directions.
Key motion for enlarging text or photos.
haz el movimiento contrario
newdo the opposite motion
Haz el movimiento contrario is the reverse gesture for zoom out.
Pairs with zoom de alejamiento instructions.
Júntalos como si pincharas algo imaginario
newpinch them together as if grabbing something
Júntalos is imperative of juntar; como si pincharas adds the pinch image.
Vivid description of the zoom-out finger motion.
haz zoom con los dedos
newzoom with your fingers
Haz zoom con los dedos is the everyday phrase for photos in WhatsApp.
Useful for daily phone use.
Key words
Vocabulary that carries the school-day topic.
Screen
pantalla
screen
Pantalla is the phone or tablet display; táctiles means touch-sensitive.
Basic word for all gesture instructions.
Gestures
gestos
gestures
Gestos are finger movements the touch screen recognizes.
Term from the opening paragraph.
Details
detalles
details
Detalles are small parts of an image visible after zooming in.
Explains why you acercar a photo.
Zoom in
acercar
to zoom in / move closer
Acercar means to enlarge or bring the image closer on screen.
Pairs with alejar in the zoom explanation.
Zoom out
alejar
to zoom out / move away
Alejar means to shrink the view and see more contenido at once.
Key word for zoom out and maps.
Content
contenido
content
Contenido is what appears on the pantalla: text, photos, maps.
Explains why you alejar the view.
Grammar in context
Patterns from the text worth noticing after reading.
Poder + infinitive
Puedes acercar una imagen
you can zoom in on an image
Puedes + acercar/alejar expresses what you can do on screen.
Pattern for all zoom actions in the article.
Imperative: Separa
Separa los dos dedos
spread the two fingers apart
Separa is the tú imperative of separar, without a subject pronoun.
Gesture instructions in the article use imperatives.
Present: entienden
Las pantallas táctiles entienden
touch screens understand
Entienden is present of entender; subject pantallas (plural).
Describes how touch screens work.
Ser: es muy útil
Este gesto es muy útil
this gesture is very useful
Ser + adjective (útil) describes a characteristic of the gesto.
Ser for evaluating how useful a gesture is.
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