Phrase · ⚖️ Legal and administrative language
Queda terminantemente prohibido fumar en todo el recinto.
Smoking is strictly forbidden anywhere on the premises.
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Why every word is where it is
Queda1verbis (hereby)quedar · present · 3rd sing.terminantemente3adverbstrictlyprohibido1verbforbiddenprohibir · participle · masc. · sing.fumar2verbsmoking (to smoke)infinitiveenprepositionintododeterminerallmasc. · sing.eldeterminerthemasc. · sing. · definiterecintonounpremisesmasc. · sing..
- Queda → prohibido: quedar + participle
- prohibido → fumar: prohibido: its subject is fumar
- todo → recinto: todo el + noun: the whole
Word for word: “It remains strictly forbidden to smoke in all the premises.”
Why it's built this way
The notes match the numbers above.
- 1queda prohibido = is hereby forbidden: quedar + participle, the official way to announce a ban. Passive voice and resultative estar →
- 2The infinitive fumar is the subject, so the participle stays masculine singular. With a noun: queda prohibida la entrada. Passive voice and resultative estar →
- 3terminantemente = strictly: the adverb that goes with bans. el recinto = the premises.
Variations
- Está terminantemente prohibido fumar en todo el recinto.
- Se prohíbe fumar en todo el recinto.
- Prohibido fumar en el recinto.