escuela

Where students attend

Escuela is Spanish for school—the institution, the building, or the concept of formal education.

English speakers encounter it in place names, Spanish-language media, or when discussing Latin American education systems: My kids go to escuela pública.

The word shares a root with English "school" through Latin *schola*.

building

patio

Paved outdoor living space

institution

colegio

Spanish for school

diploma · biblioteca

artistic

maestro

Distinguished musical leader

learning

historia

Record of events

training

academia

Higher education community

Categories
Opposites
educational level

escuelauniversidad

Spanish word for college

university · college · graduate school · higher education · academia

LEARNING vs. NON-LEARNING SPACES

escuelahome

One's personal residence

casa · playground · calle · trabajo · workplace

FORMAL vs. INFORMAL EDUCATION

escuelaself-education

Independent pursuit of knowledge

homeschooling · calle · life experience · unschooling · school of hard knocks

Family

school, scholar, schooling, schools, schoolgirl, scholarship, schoolboy, preschool, schoolwork

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Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G