l'estribill
“l'estribill” — chorus (song) in Catalan. Noun, level A1. The part of the song everyone sings, even those who do not know the words. Three repeats — and it is yours. In a live sentence: “A l'estribill, tothom canta amb nosaltres” — In the chorus everyone sings with us. A word from the everyday Catalan course, level A1.
In short
| Written in Catalan | l'estribill |
| Translation | chorus (song) |
| Part of speech | noun |
| Level | A1 |
Why it looks that way
The part of the song everyone sings, even those who do not know the words. Three repeats — and it is yours
A word with a story stays in memory longer than one learned as a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.
In a live sentence
A single word almost never appears alone in conversation. A sentence shows where it fits and what stands next to it.
- A l'estribill, tothom canta amb nosaltresIn the chorus everyone sings with us
How not to forget this word
Reading a word and remembering it are different jobs. A day later, little survives of a single reading — and that is not bad memory, that is how memory works.
- This has been tested on foreign words too. The difference shows up most when you test yourself a few days later rather than straight away.checked many timesKim & Webb, 2022, Language Learning 72(2) · 48 experiments, 3,411 participants, 98 comparisons.
- Recalling beats re-reading. Covering the translation and trying to remember it does more than reading it ten more times.checked many timesAdesope, Trevisan & Sundararajan, 2017, Review of Educational Research 87(3) · 188 experiments, 272 comparisons. g = 0.61; against plain re-reading 0.51, against passive review 0.93.
- An answer you worked out yourself sticks better than one handed to you.checked many timesBertsch et al., 2007, Memory & Cognition 35(2) · 86 studies, 445 comparisons, d = 0.40.
Frequently asked
How do you say “chorus (song)” in Catalan?
«l'estribill». In a live sentence: “A l'estribill, tothom canta amb nosaltres” — In the chorus everyone sings with us. Noun, level A1.
Why does this word look the way it does?
The part of the song everyone sings, even those who do not know the words. Three repeats — and it is yours. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.