Phrase · 🧾 Complaints and claims
Les escribo para expresar mi malestar por el trato recibido.
I am writing to express my dissatisfaction with the treatment I received.
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Why every word is where it is
Lesobject pronounto them, to youél · 3rd pl. · indirect objectescribo1verbI writeescribir · present · 1st sing.paraprepositionfor, to, in order toexpresarverbto expressinfinitivemideterminermy1st sing.malestar2noununease, dissatisfactionmasc. · sing.porprepositionfor, by, through, because ofeldeterminerthemasc. · sing. · definitetratonountreatmentmasc. · sing.recibido3verbreceivedrecibir · participle · masc. · sing..
- para → expresar: para + infinitive
- recibido → trato: m. sg.
Why it's built this way
The notes match the numbers above.
- 1Les escribo para + infinitive: the standard opening of a complaint letter. Purpose: para + infinitive vs para que + subjunctive →
- 2malestar = unease, dissatisfaction: a formal, measured word.
- 3A participle after the noun: el trato recibido = the treatment received. Non-finite clauses: infinitive, gerund and participle constructions →