revisión exhaustiva
/rebisjon eɡsaustiba/from spelling rules
To say comprehensive review in Spanish, meaning a detailed and thorough examination, use revisión exhaustiva.
revisión exhaustiva describes an examination that leaves no part unchecked. Evaluación integral and Análisis completo are other formal options.
What does it mean word for word?
The phrase is made of revisión, meaning review or examination and exhaustiva, meaning exhaustive or thorough.
Which one should you use?
The English word can mean broad or inclusive, but exhaustiva stresses the depth and thoroughness of the examination.
How does it change in a sentence?
In the plural, both words take the feminine plural ending: revisiones exhaustivas.
How do you pronounce it?
In revisión exhaustiva the v sounds like a soft b. The x in exhaustiva sounds like gs, and the h is silent.
What mistakes should you avoid?
Do not say revisión comprensiva. In Spanish comprensiva means understanding or sympathetic, as with a person, not thorough.
Did you know?
- While exhaustiva means thorough in this context, it also shares a root with the English 'exhaust'. In both languages, the idea is that the subject has been 'used up' or drained of all possibilities until nothing remains to be checked.
- The word integral in evaluación integral comes from the same root as 'integer'. It implies that the review treats the subject as a whole, undivided unit rather than a collection of separate parts.
- Even though it looks like the English word 'vision', the Spanish revisión traces its roots back to the Proto-Indo-European root *weyd-, which is also the ancestor of the English word 'wit'.
Examples in context
- El equipo realizó una revisión exhaustiva de los documentos.The team carried out a comprehensive review of the documents.
- Necesitamos una revisión exhaustiva de los documentos.We need a comprehensive review of the documents.
- El equipo realizó una revisión exhaustiva del plan.The team performed a comprehensive review of the plan.
- Tras una revisión exhaustiva, encontramos el error.After a comprehensive review, we found the error.
Example conversation
Two colleagues are discussing a project report in the office.
- AlejandroElena, ¿está listo el reporte final?Elena, is the final report ready?
- ElenaCasi, pero requiere una revisión exhaustiva.Almost, but it requires a comprehensive review.
- Alejandro¿Puedes terminarla para mañana?Can you finish it by tomorrow?
- ElenaSí, Alejandro, lo tendré listo.Yes, Alejandro, I will have it ready.
Sources
- IPA marked “from spelling rules” is derived from standard Spanish spelling, where Wiktionary gives none.
- Word origins: Wiktionary entries revisión, CC BY-SA 4.0.
