The crown on the Real Madrid crest: A1 Spanish
Read an A1 Spanish text about how Real Madrid received its royal title and crown, plus two moments in the history of its stadium.
La corona del Real Madrid
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What you'll learn
Club and symbol vocabulary, historical dates, tener, llamarse, poder and questions with qué.
The reading explains how the title Real, granted in 1920, allowed the club to use a crown on its crest and presents two moments in the history of its stadium.
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Article learning block
Phrases, words, grammar, and quick practice from this text.
Phrases for training
Add useful phrases to SRS or mark them as already known.
una parte de la historia
newa part of history
A phrase for one section of the past of a person, place or group.
Useful for connecting an object with its past.
En ese momento
newat that moment
This phrase points to a specific time in a story.
Useful for ordering events.
A partir de ese momento
newfrom that moment on
It marks the beginning of a new situation.
Useful for showing when a change starts.
lleva el nombre de
newbears the name of
Llevar el nombre de means to have a name chosen in honour of someone.
Useful for talking about named places and buildings.
Key words
Vocabulary that carries the school-day topic.
La corona
la corona
crown
A decorative object worn by a king or queen, also used as a royal symbol.
Useful in history and descriptions of symbols.
El escudo
el escudo
crest
An identifying design used by a club, city or family.
Useful for describing teams and institutions.
La junta
junta
board
A group of people responsible for directing an organisation.
Useful in institutional and work contexts.
El título
el título
title
A formal designation given to a person or institution.
Useful in historical and official contexts.
El rey
el rey
king
A male monarch.
Basic vocabulary for history.
Los socios
los socios
members
People who belong to a club or association.
Useful for talking about clubs and organisations.
Grammar in context
Patterns from the text worth noticing after reading.
Present of tener
tiene una corona
has a crown
Tiene is the third-person singular present form of tener.
Useful for saying what a person or thing has.
Todavía no with llamarse
Todavía no se llama Real Madrid
it is not called Real Madrid yet
Todavía no shows that something has not happened up to that point. Se llama is the singular form of llamarse.
Useful for describing a name before a later change.
Indirect object le
le da el título Real
gives it the title Real
Le marks the club as the recipient of the title.
Useful for saying who receives something.
Poder plus infinitive
puede usar la corona real
can use the royal crown
Puede plus usar expresses permission or possibility.
Useful for saying what someone is allowed or able to do.
Question with qué
¿Qué parte te parece más interesante?
Which part seems most interesting to you?
Qué asks for information and carries a written accent in a direct question.
Useful for asking another person to choose or explain.
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