Scan a document (A1)
Diego wants to send his grandmother's recipe and keep the paper at home. He places it face down on the glass and a light reads it.
Escanear un documento
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What you'll learn
Present tense of querer, poner and guardar; scanner, glass and file words.
Diego wants to send the recipe in his grandmother's handwriting to his sister, who lives in another city, and keep the paper. On his machine, which prints and scans, he places the page face down on the glass. A light under the glass reads the recipe line by line. He saves the file, sends it, and the page goes back in the drawer.
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Phrases for training
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convertir un papel físico en una imagen digital
newto turn a physical paper into a digital image
The phrase explains the main action of scanning: a paper document becomes a digital image.
It anchors the article topic in one useful scanning phrase.
guardar documentos importantes en la computadora
newto save important documents on the computer
The phrase shows why people scan: to keep important documents in digital form.
Useful for talking about basic document work.
impresora multifuncional
newmultifunction printer
This names a printer that can also scan and sometimes copy documents.
Useful for recognizing common office equipment in Spanish.
El lado con el texto o la imagen
newthe side with the text or image
The phrase identifies which side of the document should face down.
Useful for following step-by-step scanning instructions.
seleccionar diferentes opciones
newto select different options
The phrase describes choosing settings in the scanner program.
Useful for talking about buttons and settings.
crear carpetas organizadas
newto create organized folders
The phrase talks about organizing files after scanning.
Useful for discussing digital document organization.
Key words
Vocabulary that carries the school-day topic.
Scanner
escáner
scanner
Escáner is the device that turns a paper document into a digital image.
This is the key word for the whole article.
Lid
tapa
lid
Tapa is the part of the scanner that you open before placing the document.
Useful for understanding scanner parts.
Glass
cristal
glass
Cristal is the glass surface where you place the document to scan it.
Useful for device instructions.
Quality
calidad
quality
Calidad describes how clear or detailed the digital image will be.
Useful for understanding scanning settings.
File
archivo
file
Archivo is the digital result that you can save on the computer.
Needed for talking about PDF, JPG, and saved documents.
Folders
carpetas
folders
Carpetas are places on the computer where you organize files.
Useful for organizing scanned documents.
Grammar in context
Patterns from the text worth noticing after reading.
Ser for definitions
Escanear es el proceso
scanning is the process
In Escanear es el proceso, es defines what scanning is.
This is a basic A1 pattern for explaining what something is.
Need + infinitive
necesitas encender el escáner
you need to turn on the scanner
In necesitas encender el escáner, the infinitive encender follows necesitas.
Useful for simple instructions.
Can + infinitive
Puedes elegir
you can choose
In Puedes elegir, puedes combines with the infinitive elegir.
Useful for talking about available choices.
Present action
presionas el botón de escanear
you press the scan button
Presionas shows a simple present-tense action for tú.
Useful for step-by-step instructions.
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