Phrase · 📢 Reporting news and promises
Al parecer, hubo un accidente y la carretera está cerrada.
Apparently there was an accident and the road is closed.
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Why every word is where it is
Al1prepositionto the (al parecer)aparecer1verbseeming (al parecer = apparently)infinitive,hubo2verbthere washaber · past · 3rd sing.undetermineranuno · masc. · sing. · indefiniteaccidentenounaccidentmasc. · sing.yconjunctionandladeterminertheel · fem. · sing. · definitecarreteranounroadfem. · sing.estáverbisestar · present · 3rd sing.cerradaadjectiveclosedcerrado · participle · fem. · sing..
- hubo → accidente: obj
- accidente → un: agree
- carretera → está: agree
- carretera → cerrada: agree
Why it's built this way
The notes match the numbers above.
- 1Al parecer = apparently: you pass on news without vouching for it. Common in speech and in the press.
- 2hubo: preterite of hay for a one-off event; había describes a situation (había mucho tráfico). Preterite II: irregular stems and -ir stem changes →
Variations
- Por lo visto, hubo un accidente y la carretera está cerrada.