Phrase · 🧾 Complaints and claims
No es de recibo que un cliente tenga que esperar tres meses.
It's unacceptable that a customer should have to wait three months.
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Why every word is where it is
Noadverbnot, noesverbisser · present · 3rd sing.deprepositionof, fromrecibo1nounreceipt; (no ser de recibo) be unacceptablemasc. · sing.queconjunctionthatundeterminera, anuno · masc. · sing. · indefiniteclientenounclient, customermasc. · sing.tenga2verbhas (subj.)tener · subjunctive · present · 3rd sing.queconjunctionthatesperarverbto wait; to hopeinfinitivetresdeterminerthreemesesnounmonthsmes · masc. · pl..
- es → tenga: no es de recibo que + subjunctive
- tenga → esperar: tener que + infinitive
Why it's built this way
The notes match the numbers above.
- 1no ser de recibo = to be unacceptable: formal, typical of Spain.
- 2A value judgement + que takes the subjunctive. Subjunctive: value judgements and impersonal expressions →