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Questions & Answers about Saqué un notable en el dictado y un sobresaliente en la redacción, así que salí de clase bastante contenta.
What does saqué mean here? I thought sacar meant to take out.
Yes, sacar often does mean to take out, but it has several common meanings.
In school contexts, sacar is very often used to mean to get, to score, or to obtain a grade:
- Sacar un notable = to get a notable
- Sacar un 8 = to get an 8
- Sacar buena nota = to get a good grade
So in this sentence, saqué means I got / I scored.
It is the 1st person singular preterite of sacar:
- yo saqué = I got / I scored
What exactly are notable and sobresaliente?
They are names of grades in the Spanish grading system, especially in Spain.
Very roughly:
- aprobado = pass
- notable = a very good grade
- sobresaliente = an excellent grade
A common rough equivalence is:
- notable ≈ around 7–8.9 / 10
- sobresaliente ≈ around 9–10 / 10
So the speaker is saying they did well in both tasks, and even better in the second one.
Why is it un notable and un sobresaliente?