Phrase · 🎲 Certainty, doubt and probability
Está claro que alguien se equivocó al hacer la reserva.
It's clear that somebody made a mistake when making the booking.
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Why every word is where it is
Está1verbit isestar · present · 3rd sing.claro1adjectiveclearmasc. · sing.queconjunctionthatalguienpronounsomebodysing.se2object pronoun(himself)3rd · direct objectequivocó2verbmade a mistakeequivocar · past · 3rd sing.al3prepositionon (al + infinitive)ahacer3verbmakinginfinitiveladeterminertheel · fem. · sing. · definitereservanounbookingfem. · sing..
- claro → equivocó: mood
- alguien → equivocó: agree
- hacer → reserva: obj
Why it's built this way
The notes match the numbers above.
- 1Está claro que + indicative: obvious facts take the indicative (no está claro que + subjunctive). Opinion, certainty and possibility: indicative or subjunctive →
- 2equivocarse = to make a mistake, to be wrong.
- 3al + infinitive = when …ing.
Variations
- Es evidente que alguien se equivocó al hacer la reserva.