You Notice and You Avoid
Use nota for polite “you notice” and evita for polite “you avoid.” Combine these forms with familiar words and longer sentence patterns from earlier modules.
You notice: nota
Use nota when politely saying that one person notices. Use notar after familiar helper forms.
One new building block
Spanish often leaves out usted. Here, nota by itself can mean polite “you notice.”
Build the meaning step by step
Nota el documento. = You notice the document.
No nota la información. = You do not notice the information.
¿Qué nota? = What do you notice?
Use notar after helper verbs
Quiere notar la reservación.
Puede notar el mensaje.
Necesita notar la información antes de evitarla.
Interpret with nota and notar
You avoid: evita
Use evita when politely saying that one person avoids. Use evitar after familiar helper forms.
One new building block
Use evita for a direct polite action and evitar after helper verbs.
Build the meaning step by step
Evita el documento. = You avoid the document.
No evita la información. = You do not avoid the information.
¿Qué evita? = What do you avoid?
Use evitar after helper verbs
Quiere evitar el mensaje.
Puede evitar la respuesta.
Necesita evitar la información después de notarla.
Interpret with evita and evitar
Accept one option and reject another
Nota versus notar; evita versus evitar
- Use nota and evita for direct polite actions.
- After quiere, puede, or necesita, use the infinitives notar and evitar.
- These verbs often work with plans, prices, answers, documents, messages, and reservations.
Combine the new actions
Interpret: You notice the new plan and avoid the old one after reviewing all the information.
Module 45 checkpoint
You can now use nota / notar and evita / evitar with familiar helpers, questions, objects, and longer sentence-building patterns.
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