expediente académico
/eɡspedjente akademiko/from spelling rules
In Spanish, school transcript is expediente académico.
This phrase refers to an official document that lists all the courses a student has taken and the grades they received. It is often used to mean an academic record or student record.
What does it mean word for word?
The term expediente literally refers to a file or a record, and académico means academic.
Which one should you use?
While expediente académico is a standard way to express this, you may also see the synonym historial académico, which translates to academic history. Additionally, hoja de calificaciones is used in some contexts to cover the same concept.
Is it said differently in some regions?
In some Latin American countries, the formal phrase hoja de calificaciones is used to refer to a school transcript.
Did you know?
- The term expediente is used in courtrooms to refer to a criminal record or a legal case file.
- The word académico traces its roots back to the Ancient Greek word akadēmikós, which referred to the garden of the philosopher Plato.
- While expediente académico is the document, the phrase tener un buen expediente is used to say someone has a high GPA or a great academic track record.
Examples in context
- Mañana deberé presentar mi historial académico para solicitar la admisión en la universidad.Tomorrow I will need to submit my school transcript to apply for admission to the university.
- Necesito presentar mi expediente académico para la beca.I need to submit my school transcript for the scholarship.
- Necesito mi expediente académico para la universidad.I need my school transcript for university.
- El profesor me pidió el expediente académico.The teacher asked me for my school transcript.
- ¿Puedes enviar tu expediente académico por correo electrónico?Can you send your school transcript by email?
Example conversation
Daniel and María are discussing college applications.
- DanielMaría, ¿ya enviaste tu expediente académico?María, did you already send your school transcript?
- MaríaNo, todavía estoy esperando que me lo den.No, I am still waiting for them to give it to me.
- DanielDeberías pedirlo pronto para no llegar tarde.You should request it soon so you aren't late.
- MaríaTienes razón, Daniel, iré a la oficina mañana.You are right, Daniel, I will go to the office tomorrow.
Sources
- IPA marked “from spelling rules” is derived from standard Spanish spelling, where Wiktionary gives none.
- Word origins: Wiktionary entries académico, expediente, CC BY-SA 4.0.
