tasa de alfabetización
/tasa de alfabetiθaθjon/from spelling rules
The English phrase "literacy rate" is translated into Spanish as tasa de alfabetización.
The phrase tasa de alfabetización is used to describe the literacy rate. In formal contexts, you can also use Porcentaje de personas alfabetizadas or Índice de alfabetismo to express this concept or to refer to a literacy index.
What does it mean word for word?
In the phrase tasa de alfabetización, the word tasa means "rate" or "tax" in a mathematical or economic context.
How does it change in a sentence?
To express the plural "literacy rates", you pluralize the noun tasa to tasas while keeping the rest of the phrase the same, resulting in tasas de alfabetización.
How do you pronounce it?
/tasa de alfabetiθaθjon/
Did you know?
- In some Spanish-speaking regions, the word tasa can be confused with taza, meaning 'cup', because they are pronounced identically in many dialects.
- In many Latin American countries, the term analfabetismo is used as a political tool to discuss the social gap that tasa de alfabetización seeks to measure.
- The word tasa in tasa de alfabetización comes from the verb tasar, which means to appraise or set a price on something.
Examples in context
- ¿Cuál es la tasa de alfabetización de Argelia?What's Algeria's literacy rate?Tatoeba #10095100 by manufrutos, translation #10094451 by Amastan
- En China, hay un gran número de ideogramas, por lo que la meta de la simplificación del alfabeto fue reemplazar el complejo alfabeto tradicional por uno más fácil e incrementar la tasa de alfabetización.In China, there is a large number of characters, so the goal of the character simplification was to replace the complex traditional characters with easy to remember simplified characters and increase the literacy rate.Tatoeba #481269 by quarzoliquido, translation #401970 by Grayster
- La tasa de alfabetización en España ha aumentado significativamente en los últimos añosThe literacy rate in Spain has significantly increased in recent years
- El porcentaje de personas alfabetizadas en Argentina es del 98%The literacy rate in Argentina is 98%
- El índice de alfabetismo en México ha mejorado en los últimos añosThe literacy rate in Mexico has improved in recent years
- El nivel de alfabetización de mi país es muy altoThe level of literacy in my country is very high
- En mi comunidad, el porcentaje de gente que sabe leer y escribir es cercano al 90%In my community, the percentage of people who can read and write is close to 90%
- La tasa de alfabetización ha subido mucho este año.The literacy rate has risen a lot this year.
Example conversation
Two students are discussing a sociology project.
- MaríaDaniel, ¿tienes el dato de la tasa de alfabetización?Daniel, do you have the literacy rate figure?
- DanielSí, María, está en la página cinco.Yes, María, it is on page five.
- MaríaParece que la tasa de alfabetización es muy alta.It seems that the literacy rate is very high.
- DanielEs verdad, el sistema educativo funciona bien.That is true, the educational system works well.
Sources
- IPA marked “from spelling rules” is derived from standard Spanish spelling, where Wiktionary gives none.
- Word origins: Wiktionary entries alfabetización, de, tasa, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Example sentences: Tatoeba CC BY 2.0 FR.
