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Enter the Prado Museum from your screen

Read a B2 Spanish guide to the Prado's official virtual collection visit, its gigapixel works and its documented limits.

Entrar al Museo del Prado desde la pantalla

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Level B2 Reading focus

What you'll learn

Digital museum vocabulary, 360-degree navigation, gigapixel images, thematic routes and language for explaining limits.

The article explains how the Prado's 2024 virtual visit works, what it includes and why it does not exactly match the museum's current physical layout.

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Phrases, words, grammar, and quick practice from this text.

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Phrases for training

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desde cualquier lugar

new

from anywhere

Desde cualquier lugar means without being limited to one physical location.

Useful for describing online access.

en alta resolución

new

in high resolution

En alta resolución describes an image with a high level of visual detail.

Common in digital photography, archives and museums.

conviene tener en cuenta

new

it is worth keeping in mind

Conviene tener en cuenta introduces information that should be considered.

Useful for adding a careful qualification or warning.

quedaron fuera de

new

to be left out of

Quedar fuera de means not to be included in a space, group or project.

Useful for explaining the scope of a resource.

Key words

Vocabulary that carries the school-day topic.

panorámicas

panorámicas

panoramic views

Panorámicas are wide views that show a large surrounding area.

A core term for 360-degree virtual visits.

gigapíxel

gigapíxel

gigapixel

A gigapixel image contains about one billion pixels and supports very detailed zooming.

Explains the image technology used in the Prado visit.

minimapa

minimapa

mini-map

A minimapa is a small navigation map shown inside a digital interface.

Useful for discussing games, maps and virtual tours.

préstamos

préstamos

loans

Here, préstamos are artworks temporarily lent to another institution or exhibition.

A specialized museum meaning of a common word.

restauraciones

restauraciones

restoration work

Restauraciones are interventions intended to conserve or recover cultural objects.

Important vocabulary for museum collections and heritage.

sótano

sótano

basement

A sótano is a floor or space below ground level.

Useful for understanding building plans and visitor information.

Grammar in context

Patterns from the text worth noticing after reading.

dated past event

presentó

presented

Presentó is in the preterite because the launch happened on a specific past date.

Useful for reporting launches and historical milestones.

permitir plus infinitive

permite recorrer

allows visitors to explore

Permitir plus an infinitive expresses that something makes an action possible.

Useful for describing functions and capabilities.

passive se

se realizó

was carried out

Se realizó presents the action without naming the people who performed it.

Common in formal descriptions of projects and processes.

debido a

debido a

due to

Debido a introduces the reason for a situation and is followed by a noun phrase.

A formal connector for explaining causes.

coincidir con

no coincide exactamente con

does not exactly match

Coincidir con means to match or correspond to something.

Useful for making careful comparisons between two versions.

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