Las redes sociales — Core Social Media Vocabulary

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IntroductionUnit: Theme 2 — Popular CultureGCSE

This introduction covers Las redes sociales — Core Social Media Vocabulary within Social media + digital world — Higher: complex opinions for GCSE Spanish. Revise Social media + digital world — Higher: complex opinions in Theme 2 — Popular Culture for GCSE Spanish with 13 exam-style questions and 12 flashcards. Use this page as part of a wider topic revision path rather than treating it as an isolated fact. It is section 1 of 4 in this topic. Use this introduction to connect the idea to the wider topic before moving on to questions and flashcards.

📱 Las redes sociales — Core Social Media Vocabulary

You need these verbs and nouns to write or speak about social media at any tier. Three verbs — publicar, compartir, and seguir — are particularly high-frequency. Pay special attention to seguir: it is an e→i stem-changing verb, and the stem change applies in all forms except nosotros and vosotros.
Spanish English
las redes sociales social media / social networks
publicar (una foto / un vídeo) to post / publish
compartir to share
subir to upload
seguir (e→i) to follow — yo sigo, tú sigues, él/ella sigue
comentar to comment
en directo live (streaming)
el contenido content
el/la influencer influencer (same word in Spanish)
viral viral (same word in Spanish)
el ciberacoso cyberbullying
la privacidad privacy
la adicción addiction
dañino/a harmful

Note: seguir is e→i stem-changing. yo sigo, tú sigues, él/ella sigue, nosotros seguimos, vosotros seguís, ellos siguen. In social media contexts, sigo a muchos influencers = I follow many influencers. The personal a is required before people — see the error cards below.

Practice questions for Social media + digital world — Higher: complex opinions

  • A. seguir (to follow — e→i stem change: yo sigo)
  • B. ser (to be)
  • C. salir (to go out)
  • D. saber (to know)
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Quick recall flashcards

publicar
to post / to publish (publicar una foto = to post a photo; publicar un vídeo = to post a video — also used for formal publishing)
compartir
to share (compartir un enlace = to share a link; compartir contenido = to share content — regular -ir verb)

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