Phrase · 🤨 Expressing reservations
Me cuesta creer que lo hayan aprobado sin discutirlo.
I find it hard to believe they approved it without discussing it.
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Why every word is where it is
Mepronounme, to me, myselfyo · 1st sing.cuesta1verbcosts; (me cuesta) I find it hardcostar · present · 3rd sing.creerverbto believeinfinitivequeconjunctionthatloobject pronounit, himél · 3rd sing. · direct objecthayan2verbhave (subj. auxiliary)haber · subjunctive · present · 3rd pl.aprobadoverbapproved; passedaprobar · participle · masc. · sing.sinprepositionwithoutdiscutirlo3verbto discuss itdiscutir · infinitive.
- Me → cuesta: experiencer
- creer → hayan: doubt → subjunctive
- hayan → aprobado: perfect subjunctive
Why it's built this way
The notes match the numbers above.
- 1me cuesta + infinitive = I find it hard: the person is the indirect object, as with gustar. Verbs like gustar II: doler, parecer, quedar, importar, molestar, faltar →
- 2Doubting a fact takes the subjunctive; the perfect subjunctive for a completed action. Present perfect subjunctive →
- 3sin + infinitive; lo attaches to the infinitive.