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You ask what the grades mean: what to say in Spanish
You ask what the marks mean.
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How it's done. Marks in Spain: insuficiente (fail), suficiente (pass), bien, notable, sobresaliente (excellent); in numbers from zero to ten, five is a pass.Prepared by the Movko team, November 2026. This is language help, not legal or medical advice: check the rules with the office itself.
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1
YOU START
Perdone, ¿qué significa "notable"?
Pehr-DOH-neh, keh seeg-nee-FEE-kuh "noh-TAH-bleh"?
Excuse me, what does "notable" mean?
THEY SAY
Es una buena nota, entre siete y ocho.Es OO-nuh boo-EH-nuh NOH-tuh, AYN-treh SYEH-teh ee OH-choh.
It's a good mark, between seven and eight.
They might also say:
Es una nota alta: un siete u ocho sobre diez.
Es OO-nuh NOH-tuh AHL-tuh: oon SYEH-teh oo OH-choh SOH-breh dyehs.
It's a high mark: a seven or eight out of ten.
2
YOU REPLY
¿Y "sobresaliente"?
Ee "soh-breh-suh-LYAYN-teh"?
And "sobresaliente"?
THEY SAY
Esa es la mejor: nueve o diez.EH-suh es lah meh-KHOR: noo-EH-beh oh dyehs.
That's the best: nine or ten.
3
YOU FINISH
Qué bien. Gracias por explicármelo.
Keh byayn. GRAH-syuhs por eks-plee-KAHR-meh-loh.
Great. Thanks for explaining it to me.
THEY SAY
De nada. Aquí las notas son de cero a diez.Deh NAH-duh. Uh-KEE lahs NOH-tuhs sohn deh SEH-roh uh dyehs.
You're welcome. Here the marks go from zero to ten.
The course is in the app
This dialogue is part of the course “Spanish for life in Spain”: 416 situations with audio, a pronunciation guide and spaced review.
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Words worth knowing
Perdone
Pehr-DOH-neh
verb
excuse me, sorry
significa
seeg-nee-FEE-kuh
verb
means
notable
noh-TAH-bleh
noun
notable (grade: good)
Es
Es
verb
is
buena
boo-EH-nuh
adjective
good (feminine)
nota
NOH-tuh
noun
note
25 more words, with explanations, base forms and tap-a-word help, are in the app.
If you did not understand
¿Puede repetirlo, por favor?
Poo-EH-deh reh-peh-TEER-loh, por fuh-BOR?
Can you repeat that, please?
¿Puede hablar más despacio, por favor?
Poo-EH-deh uh-BLAHR mahs des-PAH-syoh, por fuh-BOR?
Can you speak more slowly, please?
¿Qué significa esto?
Keh seeg-nee-FEE-kuh ES-toh?
What does this mean?
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