Phrase · 🔍 Looking for the right person or thing
Lo que necesito es alguien en quien pueda confiar de verdad.
What I need is someone I can really trust.
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Why every word is where it is
Lo1determinerwhat (the thing)el · masc. · sing. · definiteque1pronounthatnecesitoverbI neednecesitar · present · 1st sing.esverbisser · present · 3rd sing.alguienpronounsomeonesing.en2prepositioninquien2pronounwhomsing.pueda2verbI canpoder · subjunctive · present · 1st sing.confiarverbtrustinfinitivedeprepositioninverdadnountruthfem. · sing..
- alguien → pueda: mood
- quien → alguien: ref
- confiar → en: prep
Why it's built this way
The notes match the numbers above.
- 1Lo que necesito es… = what I need is…: lo que puts the need up front. Relative clauses I: que, quien, donde, lo que →
- 2en quien pueda confiar: confiar en keeps its preposition before the relative; subjunctive because no one is identified yet. Relative clauses II: mood and prepositions →