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Permalink Reply by Dunia on May 14, 2008 at 4:16am

¿Que puntuación me darías?
¿He obtenido una puntuación de 5 sobre 5?

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Permalink Reply by James on May 14, 2008 at 12:14pm

Gustavo,
I thought grado was only used to mean degree, and that grade was nota. No?

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Permalink Reply by James on May 14, 2008 at 12:31pm

Hmmm, my sources say this:

grado, m.
1 degree
2 Military rank
3 (gusto, voluntad) desire, will ♦ LOC: de buen/mal grado, willingly/reluctantly

I know grado can mean grade in the sense of "first grade," the class for six-year-olds, but I don't see anything that indicates it can mean a grade in the sense of a mark on a test. Maybe its use in that meaning is unique to El Salvador and some other regions.

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Permalink Reply by motley on May 14, 2008 at 1:42pm

This is what our dictionary says

grado (m.)
grado translated from Spanish to English

SpanishDict Spanish to English Dictionary

grado
degree
grade

General Spanish to English Dictionary

grado
degree, grade

Babylon Spanish to English Dictionary

grado
(n.) step; degree, unit of measurement of temperature and angles; academic title received after completing a program of studies at a university or college; stage; grade, rank; handle; heading

Grenada Spanish to English Dictionary

grado
degree, extent, index [indices/indexes, -pl.], magnitude, range, rate, scale, to what extent, grade, quotient, degree

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Permalink Reply by James on May 14, 2008 at 1:52pm

But none of those definitions specifically refers to a mark on a test. As I said, I agree that grado can mean grade in some contexts, but what I'm questioning is whether it can mean a mark given on a school exam or report card. As in "What grade did you get?" "I got a B."

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Permalink Reply by motley on May 14, 2008 at 6:34pm

Don't you think this one applies?

grado
(n.) step; degree, unit of measurement of temperature and angles; academic title received after completing a program of studies at a university or college; stage; grade, rank; handle; heading

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Permalink Reply by James on May 14, 2008 at 6:49pm

No, I don't. There is nothing to qualify the word "grade" given here.

I still think that "sacar buenas notas (una buena nota)" is the standard way to say this. Obviously, Gustavo used grado in school, and there are probably many others who use that word, but if you search for "un buen grado," you'll see that most of the hits are for cases where the word means level, degree, or extent, as in "un buen grado de dificultad" or "los alumnos mostró un buen grado de interés." You'll also see some hits for cases that back up what Gustavo said.

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Permalink Reply by annabelle on May 15, 2008 at 12:58am

it looks like this can be a tricky one; I appreciate all the answers; seems like "calification" may work as in qualifying for a grade of 5 or I was inclined toward "nota" as well which is a more traditional meaning for grade received in school. "calification por una nota" sound pretty good...

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Permalink Reply by Eddy on May 15, 2008 at 8:59am

High Annabelle

Just a small point and probably a typing error. Calificación doesn't have a "T" in it.

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