crear conciencia
/kɾeaɾ konθjenθja/from spelling rules
The English phrase 'spread awareness' can be translated into Spanish as crear conciencia.
crear conciencia is the standard way to express the concept of raising awareness or spreading awareness about a social or political issue.
What does it mean word for word?
The phrase is composed of the verb crear (to create) and the noun conciencia (awareness/consciousness).
Which one should you use?
While crear conciencia is the standard phrase, you can also use the single verb concientizar as a more concise alternative. For a formal context, you may use promover la concienciación.
How do you pronounce it?
/kɾeaɾ konθjenθja/
Did you know?
- While conciencia refers to both 'awareness' and 'conscience' (the moral sense of right and wrong), in Spanish, these two distinct English concepts are expressed by the exact same word.
- Although crear and criar both come from the same Latin root, crear means 'to create' while criar means 'to raise' or 'to breed' children or animals.
- Using crear conciencia describes an internal change in the person, whereas the English 'spread awareness' often suggests the external act of sharing information.
Examples in context
- Debemos promover la concienciación sobre la importancia de la educación en nuestro país.We must spread awareness about the importance of education in our country.
- Es fundamental fomentar el conocimiento sobre los derechos humanos desde temprana edad.It is essential to spread awareness about human rights from an early age.
- Debemos hacer conciencia sobre la importancia de reciclar para proteger el medio ambiente.We need to spread awareness about the importance of recycling to protect the environment.
- Necesitamos hacer que la gente sepa sobre los riesgos de fumar.We need to spread awareness about the risks of smoking.
- Si queremos ayudar a los más necesitados, debemos correr la voz sobre esta organización benéfica.If we want to help those in need, we have to spread the word about this charity.
- Debemos crear conciencia sobre el cambio climático.We must spread awareness about climate change.
- Queremos crear conciencia sobre el cambio climático.We want to spread awareness about climate change.
- Es importante crear conciencia en las escuelas.It is important to spread awareness in schools.
- Ella usa las redes sociales para crear conciencia.She uses social media to spread awareness.
Example conversation
Alejandro and Sofía are discussing a new community project.
- Alejandro¿Cómo podemos ayudar al refugio de animales?How can we help the animal shelter?
- SofíaPodemos crear conciencia en el barrio con carteles.We can spread awareness in the neighborhood with posters.
- AlejandroEs una excelente idea para la comunidad.It is an excellent idea for the community.
- SofíaSí, así más gente nos ayudará.Yes, that way more people will help us.
Sources
- IPA marked “from spelling rules” is derived from standard Spanish spelling, where Wiktionary gives none.
- Word origins: Wiktionary entries conciencia, crear, CC BY-SA 4.0.
