Phrase · ⚙️ Describing processes and results
Está prohibido estacionar frente a la entrada del hospital.
Parking in front of the hospital entrance is not allowed.
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Why every word is where it is
Está1verbit isestar · present · 3rd sing.prohibido1verbforbiddenprohibir · participle · past · masc. · sing.estacionar2verbparkinginfinitivefrente3adverbin front (frente a)a3prepositiontoladeterminertheel · fem. · sing. · definiteentradanounentrancefem. · sing.delprepositionof thedehospitalnounhospitalmasc. · sing..
- estacionar → Está: agree
- frente → a: prep
- entrada → la: agree
Word for word: “It is forbidden to park in front of the entrance of the hospital.”
Why it's built this way
The notes match the numbers above.
- 1Está prohibido + infinitive = it is forbidden to…: estar presents the ban as a state in force. Passive voice and resultative estar →
- 2estacionar = to park (Latin America; Spain says aparcar).
- 3frente a = in front of, opposite.
Variations
- Se prohíbe estacionar frente a la entrada del hospital.