eso no viene al caso
“eso no viene al caso” — that's beside the point in Spanish. Phrase, level B1. Venir al caso is to be relevant; the course knows el caso. The harsher version: eso no tiene nada que ver — that has nothing to do with it. In a live sentence: “Eso no viene al caso, estamos hablando de otra cosa” — That's beside the point, we are talking about something else. You can hear how it sounds right here.
In short
| Written in Spanish | eso no viene al caso |
| Translation | that's beside the point |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | B1 |
- eso no viene al casothat's beside the point
Why it looks that way
Venir al caso is to be relevant; the course knows el caso. The harsher version: eso no tiene nada que ver — that has nothing to do with it
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.
- Eso no viene al caso, estamos hablando de otra cosaThat's beside the point, we are talking about something else
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 “that's beside the point” in Spanish?
«eso no viene al caso». In a live sentence: “Eso no viene al caso, estamos hablando de otra cosa” — That's beside the point, we are talking about something else. You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Phrase, level B1.
Why does this word look the way it does?
Venir al caso is to be relevant; the course knows el caso. The harsher version: eso no tiene nada que ver — that has nothing to do with it. 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.