fecha prevista de graduación
/fet͡ʃa pɾebista de ɡɾadwaθjon/from spelling rules
The English phrase "expected graduation date" is translated into Spanish as fecha prevista de graduación.
Fecha prevista de graduación refers to the date on which a student is scheduled or likely to complete their degree requirements. It is a phrase commonly used in formal academic contexts, such as CVs, resumes or official university documents.
What does it mean word for word?
The phrase is composed of fecha (date), prevista (foreseen/expected), de (of) and graduación (graduation).
Which one should you use?
While fecha prevista de graduación means "anticipated graduation date", you may also encounter other variations depending on the specific nuance: Fecha esperada de graduación means "expected graduation date", Fecha estimada de graduación means "estimated graduation date" and Fecha probable de graduación means "likely graduation date".
How does it change in a sentence?
The adjective prevista must be feminine to agree with the feminine noun fecha.
How do you pronounce it?
/fetʃa pɾebista de ɡɾadwaθjon/
Did you know?
- Spanish has a specific term called egresado for a student who has finished their studies but has not yet officially received their degree or attended the graduación ceremony.
- In many Spanish-speaking countries, a student might more commonly use the term fecha de titulación rather than fecha de graduación to refer to the date they receive their professional title.
- The word fecha is a direct descendant of the Latin 'facta', which is the feminine past participle of 'facere', meaning 'to do' or 'to make'.
Examples in context
- Amigo(a): ¿Cuándo te gradúas? Estudiante: Voy a terminar la universidad en diciembre de 2022.Friend: When are you graduating? Student: I'm going to finish college in December 2022.
- Indica tu fecha prevista de graduación en el formulario.Indicate your expected graduation date on the form.
- ¿Cuál es tu fecha prevista de graduación?What is your expected graduation date?
- La fecha prevista de graduación es en junio.The expected graduation date is in June.
Example conversation
María and Alejandro are discussing a job application at a cafe.
- MaríaAlejandro, ¿ya completaste la solicitud de empleo?Alejandro, have you completed the job application yet?
- AlejandroCasi, pero me piden la fecha prevista de graduación.Almost, but they are asking me for my expected graduation date.
- MaríaEs un dato muy importante para la empresa.It is a very important piece of information for the company.
- AlejandroSí, la pondré ahora mismo.Yes, I will put it down right now.
Sources
- IPA marked “from spelling rules” is derived from standard Spanish spelling, where Wiktionary gives none.
- Word origins: Wiktionary entries de, fecha, graduación, CC BY-SA 4.0.
