expediente académico permanente
/eɡspedjente akademiko peɾmanente/from spelling rules
The English phrase "permanent record" is translated into Spanish as expediente académico permanente.
This phrase refers to an official document that lists all the courses a student has taken and the grades they earned. In many Spanish-speaking contexts, the word permanente is often omitted because expediente académico inherently implies an official, ongoing record.
Which one should you use?
While expediente académico permanente is the direct translation, you can also use historial académico to refer to a student's permanent record or transcript. Additionally, Registro Permanente is a more formal way to express the concept.
How does it change in a sentence?
The adjectives académico and permanente must follow the noun expediente and agree in gender (masculine) and number (singular).
Did you know?
- Outside of school, abrir un expediente is a common phrase meaning to start a formal administrative process or investigation against someone.
- If you are talking about a criminal 'permanent record' in Spanish, you would likely use antecedentes rather than expediente académico.
- In Spain, a student's expediente is not just a list of grades but is used as a formal adjective to describe a student as 'excellent' by saying they have a expediente brillante.
Examples in context
- Los infractores pueden tener su historial permanente afectado por sus acciones delictivas.Offenders can have their permanent record affected by their criminal actions.
- No quiero que mi error quede guardado en mi archivo permanente.I don't want my mistake to be kept in my permanent record.
Example conversation
Alejandro and Lucía are discussing university applications.
- AlejandroLucía, ¿ya solicitaste tu expediente académico permanente?Lucía, have you already requested your permanent record?
- LucíaTodavía no, lo pido mañana en la oficina.Not yet, I will request it tomorrow at the office.
- AlejandroHazlo pronto para completar la solicitud.Do it soon to complete the application.
- LucíaTienes razón, Alejandro, lo haré primero.You are right, Alejandro, I will do it first.
Sources
- IPA marked “from spelling rules” is derived from standard Spanish spelling, where Wiktionary gives none.
