renovar el visat
“renovar el visat” — to renew the visa in Catalan. Phrase, level B1. Renovar — to renew: the visa is not "extended" but "renewed", like a passport. The application goes in early, not on the last day. In a live sentence: “He de renovar el visat abans que acabi” — I have to renew the visa before it expires. You can hear how it sounds right here. A word from the everyday Catalan course, level B1.
In short
| Written in Catalan | renovar el visat |
| Translation | to renew the visa |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | B1 |
- renovar el visatto renew the visa
Why it looks that way
Renovar — to renew: the visa is not "extended" but "renewed", like a passport. The application goes in early, not on the last day
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.
- He de renovar el visat abans que acabiI have to renew the visa before it expires
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 “to renew the visa” in Catalan?
«renovar el visat». In a live sentence: “He de renovar el visat abans que acabi” — I have to renew the visa before it expires. You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Phrase, level B1.
Why does this word look the way it does?
Renovar — to renew: the visa is not "extended" but "renewed", like a passport. The application goes in early, not on the last day. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.
Can I hear how this sounds?
Yes, right on this page: click the word and it will play. The sound works on any phone, and nothing needs to be installed.