A Virtual Visit to the Prado Museum | Spanish B1
Explore the Prado Museum's free virtual visit and learn how gigapixel images show details in artworks. Practise B1 Spanish with museum and digital vocabulary.
Una visita virtual al Museo del Prado
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What you'll learn
B1 vocabulary for museums and digital images, present-tense verbs, permitir plus infinitive, and questions.
The article presents the Prado Museum's virtual visit. It includes 89 gigapixel works, five 3D-Photo sculptures, and the triptych The Garden of Earthly Delights, dated by the museum between 1490 and 1500.
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Phrases for training
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desde una pantalla
newfrom a screen
Desde can state the place or medium from which an action happens.
Useful for talking about digital activities.
en formato gigapíxel
newin gigapixel format
Formato tells how something is presented. Gigapixel images have very high resolution.
Useful for talking about digital images.
de cerca
newclose up
Mirar de cerca means to look at something closely.
Useful for describing what you see.
otra manera de acercarse a
newanother way to get closer to
Here acercarse a means to connect with or learn about something.
Useful for talking about learning and culture.
Key words
Vocabulary that carries the school-day topic.
To Go Through
recorrer
to go through
Recorrer means to go through a place or route.
Useful for visits and travel.
Panoramic Views
panorámicas
panoramic views
Panorámicas are wide images that show a space.
Useful for describing virtual visits.
Artworks
obras
artworks
In a museum, obras are works of art.
Useful for talking about museums.
To Enlarge
ampliar
to enlarge
Ampliar means to make an image or object larger.
Useful for digital images.
Brushstroke
pincelada
brushstroke
A pincelada is a mark made with a brush.
Useful for describing paintings.
Sculptures
esculturas
sculptures
Esculturas are three-dimensional works of art.
Useful for talking about museums.
Grammar in context
Patterns from the text worth noticing after reading.
Present: Ofrece
El Museo del Prado ofrece una visita virtual gratuita
The Prado Museum offers a free virtual visit.
Ofrece is the third-person singular present form of ofrecer. Its subject is El Museo del Prado.
Useful for saying what an institution offers.
Permitir Plus Infinitive
La visita permite recorrer salas del museo desde una pantalla.
The visit allows you to go through museum rooms from a screen.
Permite is the third-person singular present of permitir. The next verb, recorrer, is an infinitive.
Useful for explaining what a tool or service lets you do.
Present Plural: Muestran
Las panorámicas de 360 grados muestran las plantas Baja, Primera y Segunda.
The 360-degree panoramas show the Lower, First, and Second floors.
Muestran is the third-person plural present form of mostrar. It agrees with las panorámicas.
Useful for describing what images show.
Poder Plus Infinitive
el visitante puede mirar de cerca una pincelada o una figura.
The visitor can look closely at a brushstroke or a figure.
Puede is from poder. Puede plus an infinitive expresses possibility.
Useful for saying what someone can do.
Present Perfect Question
¿Has explorado alguna vez un museo en línea?
Have you ever explored an online museum?
Has explorado uses has plus the participle explorado. It asks about experience.
Useful for asking about past experience.
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