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Lejos de solucionar el problema, la medida lo ha agravado.
Far from solving the problem, the measure has made it worse.
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Why every word is where it is
Lejos1adverbfardeprepositionof, fromsolucionarverbto solveinfinitiveeldeterminerthemasc. · sing. · definiteproblemanounproblemmasc. · sing.,ladeterminertheel · fem. · sing. · definitemedidanounmeasurefem. · sing.lo2object pronounit, himél · 3rd sing. · direct objecthaverbhas (auxiliary)haber · present · 3rd sing.agravadoverbmade worseagravar · participle · masc. · sing..
- lo → problema: refers to
- ha → medida: subject
Why it's built this way
The notes match the numbers above.
- 1lejos de + infinitive = far from (doing): the opposite happened. Non-finite clauses: infinitive, gerund and participle constructions →
- 2lo refers back to el problema.