No. 3,678 in Spanish
oposiciones
Competitive public exams for government or civil service positions in Spain.
In a sentence
Ella se está preparando para las oposiciones de maestra.
She is preparing for the competitive exams to become a teacher.
In this context, 'oposiciones' refers to the competitive state exams conducted to access certain public service positions in Spain.
Las oposiciones para el puesto ya terminaron.
The selection process for the position has already ended.
Here, 'oposiciones' represents the general process or system of selecting candidates for public jobs.
Me gustaría saber más sobre las oposiciones en España.
I would like to learn more about the competitive examination system in Spain.
In this sentence, 'oposiciones' is used to indicate the entire method or concept of competitive state examinations in Spain.
Hear it in real podcasts
The recording above is a synthetic voice. Hear how people say “oposiciones” in actual Spanish podcasts.
Find “oposiciones” in podcastsLearn it from shows you like
LangTurbo plays Spanish podcasts with a transcript and the English under every line. Tap a word like this one and it tells you what it means right there.
Get the appSpanish books and courses on Amazon (an affiliate link: a purchase through it supports this site).