desde mi punto de vista
“desde mi punto de vista” — from my point of view in Spanish. Phrase, level B1. A shade weightier than en mi opinión, good in an argument and in a letter. Also at the start of the sentence with a comma. The colloquial version of the same thought is para mí. In a live sentence: “Desde mi punto de vista, el precio no está justificado” — From my point of view, the price is not justified by anything.
In short
| Written in Spanish | desde mi punto de vista |
| Translation | from my point of view |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | B1 |
- desde mi punto de vistafrom my point of view
Why it looks that way
A shade weightier than en mi opinión, good in an argument and in a letter. Also at the start of the sentence with a comma. The colloquial version of the same thought is para mí
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.
- Desde mi punto de vista, el precio no está justificadoFrom my point of view, the price is not justified by anything
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 “from my point of view” in Spanish?
«desde mi punto de vista». In a live sentence: “Desde mi punto de vista, el precio no está justificado” — From my point of view, the price is not justified by anything. You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Phrase, level B1.
Why does this word look the way it does?
A shade weightier than en mi opinión, good in an argument and in a letter. Also at the start of the sentence with a comma. The colloquial version of the same thought is para mí. 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 it 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.