renovar el visado
“renovar el visado” — to renew the visa in Spanish. Phrase, level B1. Renovar is getting a new document instead of the old one; prorrogar is stretching the term of the same one. At the window they say renovar, in the law you will meet prórroga. In a live sentence: “Tengo que renovar el visado antes de marzo” — I need to renew the visa until March. You can hear how it sounds right here. A word from the everyday Spanish course, level B1.
In short
| Written in Spanish | renovar el visado |
| Translation | to renew the visa |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | B1 |
- renovar el visadoto renew the visa
Why it looks that way
Renovar is getting a new document instead of the old one; prorrogar is stretching the term of the same one. At the window they say renovar, in the law you will meet prórroga
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.
- Tengo que renovar el visado antes de marzoI need to renew the visa until March
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 Spanish?
«renovar el visado». In a live sentence: “Tengo que renovar el visado antes de marzo” — I need to renew the visa until March. You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Phrase, level B1.
Why does this word look the way it does?
Renovar is getting a new document instead of the old one; prorrogar is stretching the term of the same one. At the window they say renovar, in the law you will meet prórroga. 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.