Spanish · B2 · Everyday language
Everyone Has a Part in Spanish
This guide helps you discuss the roles and contributions of various people—such as adults, youth, and acquaintances—in shared community or hobby spaces. We focus on natural ways to encourage children to collaborate while maintaining their own agency.
What you'll learn
- Identify and refer to adults and young people in social settings.
- Express the value of different people's input in a project.
- Understand how adjectives function as nouns to describe groups of people.
- Use respectful language when discussing shared responsibilities.
Spanish phrases for everyone has a part
Puedes pedir ayuda a un adulto sin ceder el control de tu proyecto.
You can ask an adult for help without giving up control of your project.
'Ceder el control' is a natural way to say 'giving up control' in this context.
¿Qué adulto es responsable del taller hoy?
Which adult is responsible for the workshop today?
'Taller' is the standard word for 'workshop'.
¿Le has explicado tu idea al adulto del mostrador de información?
Have you explained your idea to the adult at the information desk?
'Mostrador de información' is the literal and common term for info desk.
Los jóvenes de tu club también deberían tener voz en el programa.
The young people in your club should have a say in the programme too.
'Tener voz' (to have a voice) is the idiomatic way to say 'to have a say'.
Preguntemos a los jóvenes qué actividades disfrutarían realmente.
Let us ask the young people which activities they would actually enjoy.
'Preguntemos' is the 'let's' form (nosotros command).
Una conocida mía podría enseñarte a editar la grabación.
A female acquaintance of mine could show you how to edit the recording.
'Conocida' specifically denotes a female acquaintance.
Podríamos enviarle tus preguntas a mi conocida antes del taller.
We could send my female acquaintance your questions before the workshop.
Note the use of the indirect object pronoun 'le' before the verb.
No tienes que estar de acuerdo con cada adulto para hablar con respeto.
You do not have to agree with every adult in order to speak respectfully.
'Estar de acuerdo' is the standard expression for 'to agree'.
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adulto/a
adult
Functions as both an adjective and a noun.
joven
young person / youth
The plural is 'jóvenes' (note the added accent).
conocido/a
acquaintance
Literally 'known person'.
taller
workshop
Used for both educational and manual work settings.
Nominalized Adjectives
In Spanish, adjectives can easily become nouns by adding a definite or indefinite article. Unlike German, Spanish does not capitalize these nouns unless they start a sentence. They follow standard gender and number rules.
| Use | Form | Example |
|---|---|---|
| Adult (Masc/Fem) | El adulto / La adulta | El adulto ayuda al niño. |
| Young person | El joven / La joven | Los jóvenes tienen ideas nuevas. |
| Acquaintance | Un conocido / Una conocida | Es una conocida del club. |
More examples
El joven que organiza el evento es muy amable.
The young man organizing the event is very kind.
Here 'joven' acts as a noun.
Es importante escuchar a los adultos.
It is important to listen to adults.
Generalizing groups using the definite article.