A password that won't change in Spanish
You've spent twenty minutes trying to change your email password and the screen keeps giving you the same error.
The phrase
No me deja cambiar la contraseña desde la mañana.10 words10 sentences
The ten words
- contraseña/kontɾaˈseɲa/
passwordnoun
A secret series of letters and numbers that lets you into something.
- restablecer/restableˈseɾ/
resetverb
To put something back the way it was at the start, erasing what had been set.
- requisito/rekiˈsito/
requirementnoun
Something you're required to have in order to do something.
- coincidir/kojnsiˈdiɾ/
matchverb
To be the same as another thing, or to happen at the same time as it.
- correo/koˈreo/
emailnoun
A message you send over the internet to someone's address.
- código/ˈkodiɡo/
codenoun
A set of numbers or letters used to identify something or to get in.
- error/eˈroɾ/
errornoun
Something that went wrong or didn't come out as it should.
- mayúscula/maˈʝuskula/
capital letternoun
A large-sized letter used at the start of a name or a sentence.
- símbolo/ˈsimbolo/
symbolnoun
A sign that isn't a letter or a number, like @ or #.
- intentar/intenˈtaɾ/
tryverb
To make the effort to achieve something, without knowing if it will work out.
The sentences
No me deja cambiar la contraseña desde la mañana.
It won't let me change the password since this morning.
¿Puedo restablecer la contraseña desde mi celular?
Can I reset the password from my phone?
¿Cuál es el requisito que me falta?
What's the requirement I'm missing?
La contraseña nueva tiene que coincidir con la otra.
The new password has to match the other one.
No me llega el correo para cambiar la contraseña.
I'm not getting the email to change the password.
El código que me mandaron ya no sirve.
The code they sent me doesn't work anymore.
Otra vez me sale el mismo error en la pantalla.
I'm getting the same error on the screen again.
Dice que me falta una mayúscula y un número.
It says I'm missing a capital letter and a number.
Le puse un símbolo y todavía no funciona.
I put in a symbol and it still doesn't work.
Voy a intentar otra vez con el código nuevo.
I'm going to try again with the new code.
Pronunciation
contraseña/kontɾaˈseɲa/
The stress falls on -se-: kon-tra-SE-ña. The ñ is a single sound, not n plus i.
restablecer/restableˈseɾ/
The r at the start sounds strong, with a trill, and the c in 'cer' sounds like s; the stress falls on the last syllable.
requisito/rekiˈsito/
The r at the start is trilled, strong, not a soft tap.
coincidir/kojnsiˈdiɾ/
'coin' is said as one beat, without separating the o from the i, and the c in 'cidir' sounds like s.
correo/koˈreo/
The rr is strong and the ending is two separate sounds: co-RRE-o.
mayúscula/maˈʝuskula/
The stress falls where the accent mark is, on 'yús', not on 'cu'.
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- How do you say 'password' in Spanish?
- Contraseña. You'd use it in a sentence like 'No me deja cambiar la contraseña desde la mañana.'
- What does restablecer mean?
- It means to reset, to put something back the way it was at the start.
- How do you say 'error' in Spanish?
- Error, said the same as in the sentence 'Otra vez me sale el mismo error en la pantalla.'
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