español · B1 · vocabulary · 4 minutes
News and media
Separate a headline, report, source, outlet, and confirmed fact.
Understand the choice
Evaluate a news item by separating its headline, full report, source, outlet, and confirmation status. This vocabulary helps you report information without presenting every claim as your own fact.
Core rule: Según introduces a source; Spanish noticias is plural when referring to the news.
Notice it in context
Según las noticias, el gobierno anunciará nuevas medidas.
According to the news, the government will announce new measures.
Según introduces a source; Spanish noticias is plural when referring to the news.
Leí el titular, pero no el reportaje.
I read the headline but not the report.
The contrast avoids repeating the verb.
La fuente todavía no ha confirmado la noticia.
The source has not confirmed the news yet.
Present perfect connects the pending confirmation to now.
What to remember
- Una noticia is one news item; las noticias is the news collectively.
- Fuente means source, while cadena can mean a television or radio network in this context.
Common trap: Do not translate “actual news” as noticias actuales when you mean current affairs generally. Use la actualidad or noticias de actualidad.