Picasso's Guernica: Spanish Reading A2
Read a simple Spanish story about Pablo Picasso's Guernica, its colours, and its return to Spain.
Una visita a Guernica
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1981. 1992. .
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About this article
What you'll learn
museum vocabulary, past tense, describing a painting
Lucía sees Pablo Picasso's Guernica at the Reina Sofía Museum. The text explains that it was painted in 1937 and returned to Spain in 1981.
After reading
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.
en voz baja
newquietly
This phrase means speaking with a soft voice.
It helps describe behaviour in a museum.
al óleo
newin oil paint
This describes a painting made with oil paint.
It helps name a painting technique.
volvió a España
newreturned to Spain
Volvió is the past form of volver, meaning “to return.”
It helps tell a story about a return.
Entró en la colección
newentered the collection
This phrase says that an object became part of a collection.
It helps describe museum collections.
Key words
Vocabulary that carries the school-day topic.
Painting
cuadro
painting
Here, cuadro means a painting.
It is a core word for talking about art.
Mural
mural
mural
A mural is a large work of art.
It helps name a large artwork.
Canvas
lienzo
canvas
A lienzo is cloth that an artist can paint on.
It helps describe a painting's material.
Shades
tonos
shades
Tonos means different variations of a colour.
It helps describe colours.
Symbols
símbolos
symbols
Símbolos are images or things with a special meaning.
It helps discuss meaning in art.
Bombing
bombardeo
bombing
Bombardeo means an attack using bombs.
It explains the historical context of the text.
Grammar in context
Patterns from the text worth noticing after reading.
Present tense
Lucía visita
Lucía visits
Visita shows an action in the present tense.
It helps talk about present actions.
Past tense
Picasso pintó
Picasso painted
Pintó is a past-tense form for he, she, or you.
It helps tell about completed actions.
Past tense
Guernica volvió
Guernica returned
Volvió is the past form of volver.
It helps talk about a return in the past.
Possibility
puede contar
can tell
Puede expresses possibility.
It helps say that something is possible.
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