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Phrase · 📰 Hedged reporting

Todo apunta a que el incendio fue intencionado.

Everything suggests the fire was started deliberately.

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Why every word is where it is

Todopronouneverythingmasc. · sing.apunta1verbpointsapuntar · present · 3rd sing.a2prepositiontoque2conjunctionthateldeterminerthemasc. · sing. · definiteincendionounfiremasc. · sing.fueverbwasser · past · 3rd sing.intencionado3adjectivedeliberatemasc. · sing..
  • Todo → apunta: todo: subject of apunta
  • apunta → a: apuntar a
  • a → que: a que + indicative
  • intencionado → incendio: intencionado describes el incendio

Word for word: “Everything points to that the fire was intentional.”

Why it's built this way

The notes match the numbers above.

  1. 1
    todo apunta a que = everything suggests that: a cautious conclusion with the indicative, because the evidence points to a fact. Opinion, certainty and possibility: indicative or subjunctive →
  2. 2
    apuntar a keeps its preposition before que: never *todo apunta que. Verbs with prepositions →
  3. 3
    intencionado = deliberate (a fire); Latin America also says intencional or provocado.

Variations

  • Todo indica que el incendio fue intencional.
  • Todo hace pensar que el incendio fue provocado.
  • Los indicios apuntan a que el incendio fue intencionado.