A line where you can't hear a thing in Spanish

1. 1
   línea/ˈlinea/

   linenoun

   The phone connection you use to talk with someone else.
2. 2
   señal/seˈɲal/

   signalnoun

   What travels through the air or through a cable and carries information to a device.
3. 3
   cobertura/kobeɾˈtuɾa/

   coveragenoun

   The area a phone's or a radio's signal manages to reach.
4. 4

   interferenciainterference

5. 5

   escucharto listen

6. 6

   entenderto understand

7. 7

   cortarto cut off

8. 8

   colgarto hang up

9. 9

   repetirto repeat

10. 10

    gritarto shout

The sentences3 of 10

1. ¿Me oyes? La línea está muy mal hoy.

   Can you hear me? The line is really bad today.

2. No te oigo bien, la señal está muy débil.

   I can't hear you well, the signal is very weak.

3. Aquí no hay cobertura, la señal no entra.

   There's no coverage here, the signal isn't getting through.

Pronunciation

• línea/ˈlinea/

  It's three syllables, LÍ-ne-a, and the stress falls on the first.

• señal/seˈɲal/

  The stress falls on the last syllable: se-ÑAL.

• cobertura/kobeɾˈtuɾa/

  Both r's are soft, a single tap, and the stress falls on co-ber-TU-ra.

Questions

Which word means signal coverage?

Cobertura is the zone a phone or radio signal manages to reach.