Spanish word

matrícula

Pronunciation

IPA/maˈtɾikula/

Meaning

  • feminine nounregistration

Example

Necesitas hacer la matrícula antes de empezar el curso.

You need to complete the registration before you start the course.

Illustration for matrícula (registration)

More examples

Debes pagar la matrícula para confirmar tu plaza.

You must pay the registration fee to confirm your place.

Core concept

The act of completing registration steps to join a course or institution.

Common phrases

  • hacer la matrícula

    register

  • pagar la matrícula

    pay the registration fee

  • la matrícula del curso

    course registration

Similar words

inscripción: Formal sign-up to join a course or event by providing personal details and expressing participation.
registro: Systematic recording of information in a register, table, or database for later reference.

Definition in Spanish

Acción de inscribirse o registrarse en una institución, curso o lista oficial, y el documento o constancia que acredita esa inscripción.

Word origin

Borrowed from medieval Latin matricula 'little register', the word in Spanish comes to refer to entering a name on the register and the resulting certificate or record.

Usage tips

  • When talking about courses speakers often say hacer la matrícula rather than inscribirse, and context usually shows whether matrícula means the procedure, the document, or the cost.

Other meanings

  • tuitionnoun
  • license platenoun

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