Authorities, school, health care

What holds these lists together

An office, a school, a university and a health service — and in each of them the word is the smaller problem. El empadronamiento translates as registering at the town hall, but most English-speaking countries keep no such register, so the translation hides the point: in Spain a school place and a health card both depend on it. El colegio is where children go to school, not a college, and la selectividad is not a selection process but the university entrance exam. Whoever knows the translation and not the system fills in the right form at the wrong time. So the three stand together: each wants the route understood before the name of the paper.

For example: la escuela (the school), la cita previa (the appointment booked in advance), la matrícula universitaria (the university enrolment), la hoja de solicitud (the blank), el sistema nacional de salud (the national health service), el sistema educativo (the education system)

Spread across the levels

The category runs across the levels — it is an area, not a difficulty. If you practise it, you can also choose a level at the top of the practice page and then get only the part that sits there.