Phrase · 🔍 Looking for the right person or thing
Busco un piso que tenga terraza y que no sea muy caro.
I'm looking for a flat that has a terrace and isn't too expensive.
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Why every word is where it is
Busco1verbI'm looking forbuscar · present · 1st sing.undeterminerauno · masc. · sing. · indefinitepiso2nounflat (Spain)masc. · sing.que3pronounthattenga3verbhastener · subjunctive · present · 3rd sing.terrazanounterracefem. · sing.yconjunctionandquepronounthatnoadverbnotsea3verbisser · subjunctive · present · 3rd sing.muyadverbtoo, verycaroadjectiveexpensivemasc. · sing..
- piso → tenga: mood
- piso → sea: mood
- que → piso: ref
- piso → un: agree
Why it's built this way
The notes match the numbers above.
- 1buscar + thing: no preposition (never ✗ busco por).
- 2piso = flat in Spain. Latin America: departamento (Mexico, Argentina, Chile, Peru) or apartamento.
- 3que + present subjunctive: you don’t know the flat yet, so the relative clause takes the subjunctive. Relative clauses II: mood and prepositions →
Variations
- Busco un departamento que tenga terraza y que no sea muy caro.
- Busco un apartamento que tenga terraza y que no sea muy caro.
- Estoy buscando un departamento que tenga terraza y no sea muy caro.