Phrase · 🔀 Register shifts
Le ruego que disculpe el error en la factura.
Please accept my apologies for the error in the invoice.
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Why every word is where it is
Le1object pronounyou (usted)usted · 3rd sing. · indirect objectruego1verbI begrogar · present · 1st sing.que1conjunctionthatdisculpe2verbyou excusedisculpar · subjunctive · present · 3rd sing.eldeterminerthemasc. · sing. · definiteerror2nounerrormasc. · sing.enprepositioninladeterminertheel · fem. · sing. · definitefacturanouninvoicefem. · sing..
- ruego → disculpe: rogar que + subjunctive
- ruego → Le: rogar algo a alguien: dative
- disculpe → error: disculpar + the error
- en → factura: en la factura
Word for word: “I beg you to excuse the error in the invoice.”
Why it's built this way
The notes match the numbers above.
- 1Formal: rogar que + subjunctive (= I kindly ask you to), with usted. Business letters even drop que: Le ruego disculpe… Subjunctive: wishes and influence →
- 2disculpar algo: the error is the direct object, no preposition. ruego: rogar changes o → ue. Formal register: impersonalisation, nominalisation and correspondence →
Variations
- Perdón, me equivoqué con la factura.
- ¡Uy, metí la pata con la factura!
- Le pedimos disculpas por el error en la factura.