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Está lloviendo a cántaros y dejé el paraguas en la oficina.
It's pouring with rain and I left my umbrella at the office.
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Why every word is where it is
Estáverbit isestar · present · 3rd sing.lloviendo1verbrainingllover · gerunda1prepositiontocántaros1nounpitcherscántaro · masc. · pl.yconjunctionanddejéverbI leftdejar · past · 1st sing.eldeterminerthemasc. · sing. · definiteparaguas2nounumbrellamasc. · sing.enprepositioninladeterminertheel · fem. · sing. · definiteoficina3nounofficefem. · sing..
- dejé → paraguas: obj
- oficina → la: agree
Word for word: “It's raining by the pitcherful and I left the umbrella at the office.”
Why it's built this way
The notes match the numbers above.
- 1llover a cántaros = to rain very heavily.
- 2el paraguas: masculine, and the same in the plural.
- 3oficina = office.
Variations
- Está lloviendo a cántaros y dejé la sombrilla en la oficina.