el bachillerato bah-chee-yeh-rrah’-toh (noun)
bachelor’s degree; higher secondary-education class; high school diploma
Examples
1. Recibí mi bachillerato en español de la Universidad de Georgia.
I received my Bachelor’s degree in Spanish from the University of Georgia.
2. En España, empiezas el primer año del bachillerato no obligatorio cuando tienes dieciséis años.
In Spain, you start your first year of non-obligatory higher secondary-education when you are 16 years old.
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Interesting…I never knew it meant Bachelor’s Degree. For me (in Colombia) bachillerato meant high school.
I really could have used this when I was interacting with my friends in Costa Rica. When people ask what you studied in school, these types of words do not readily come to mind. I’ll have to keep this in mind for the future. Thank you!