rendimiento escolar
/rendimjento eskolaɾ/from spelling rules
In Spanish, school performance is translated as rendimiento escolar.
The phrase refers to the extent to which a student achieves their educational goals and succeeds in their studies. If you want to specifically describe underachievement or poor academic performance, the standard phrase is bajo rendimiento escolar.
What does it mean word for word?
The term rendimiento literally means 'yield' or 'performance' in terms of output or efficiency.
Which one should you use?
You can use desempeño académico as a common, slightly more formal synonym for rendimiento escolar. If you wish to emphasize the academic aspect specifically, you can also use the formal phrase el rendimiento académico.
Is it said differently in some regions?
rendimiento escolar is a common variation of school performance used in many Latin American countries.
How does it change in a sentence?
In Spanish, the adjective escolar follows the noun rendimiento to modify it.
Did you know?
- In some Spanish-speaking regions, the term rendir (the root of rendimiento) can also mean to collapse or give up due to exhaustion.
- The adjective escolar comes from the Latin verb 'excolāre', which meant 'to polish' or 'to cultivate'. This implies that schooling is a process of refining or polishing a person.
- The word rendimiento is the same term used in agriculture to describe the 'yield' or 'harvest' of a crop. It suggests that a student's effort is a resource being harvested for its output.
Examples in context
- Sus resultados muestran un buen desempeño escolar.Their results show good school performance.
- El rendimiento académico de María es excelente.Maria's academic performance is excellent.
- ¡Tu desempeño escolar está mejorando mucho!Your school performance is improving a lot!
- Tu rendimiento escolar es sobresaliente.Your school performance is outstanding.
- Tus calificaciones en el colegio son excelentes.Your grades in school are excellent.
- El rendimiento escolar de los niños ha mejorado mucho.The school performance of the children has improved a lot.
- Queremos evaluar el rendimiento escolar de este semestre.We want to evaluate the school performance of this semester.
- Su rendimiento escolar es excelente en todas las materias.His school performance is excellent in all subjects.
Example conversation
Two parents are discussing their children's grades.
- DanielDaniel tiene un rendimiento escolar excelente.Daniel has excellent school performance.
- SofíaSofía también, aunque le cuestan las matemáticas.Sofía does too, although she struggles with math.
- Daniel¿Crees que el rendimiento escolar depende del estudio?Do you think school performance depends on studying?
- SofíaSí, pero también de la motivación.Yes, but also on motivation.
Sources
- IPA marked “from spelling rules” is derived from standard Spanish spelling, where Wiktionary gives none.
- Word origins: Wiktionary entries escolar, rendimiento, CC BY-SA 4.0.
