Phrase · 🎲 Certainty, doubt and probability
Dudo mucho que lo haya hecho a propósito.
I really doubt he did it on purpose.
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Why every word is where it is
Dudo1verbI doubtdudar · present · 1st sing.muchoadverbvery muchqueconjunctionthatloobject pronounitél · 3rd sing. · direct objecthaya1verbhashaber · subjunctive · present · 3rd sing.hecho2verbdonehacer · participle · past · masc. · sing.a3prepositiontopropósito3nounpurposemasc. · sing..
- Dudo → haya: mood
- hecho → lo: obj
Why it's built this way
The notes match the numbers above.
- 1Dudo que + present perfect subjunctive: doubting something that may already have happened. Present perfect subjunctive →
- 2hecho: irregular participle of hacer.
- 3a propósito = on purpose (also: by the way).
Variations
- Dudo mucho que lo haya hecho adrede.