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Ana Ruiz, a la sazón ministra de Cultura, inauguró el museo.
Ana Ruiz, then Minister of Culture, opened the museum.
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Why every word is where it is
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- a → sazón: a la sazón: at that time
- ministra → Ana: apposition: who Ana Ruiz was
- Ana → inauguró: Ana Ruiz → inauguró
Why it's built this way
The notes match the numbers above.
- 1a la sazón = at that time, then (formal narration). Unrelated to la sazón of cooking, "seasoning" in Latin America. Literary and archaic style →
- 2A post in apposition takes no article: ministra de Cultura. The feminine ministra is standard.
Variations
- Ana Ruiz, que entonces era ministra de Cultura, inauguró el museo.
- La entonces ministra de Cultura, Ana Ruiz, inauguró el museo.
- Ana Ruiz, por aquel entonces ministra de Cultura, inauguró el museo.