Phrase · ⚙️ Describing processes and results
Una vez que hierve el agua, se echa la pasta y se baja el fuego.
Once the water boils, put the pasta in and turn the heat down.
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Why every word is where it is
Una1determinerauno · fem. · sing. · indefinitevez1nountime (una vez que = once)fem. · sing.que1conjunction(once)hierve2verbboilshervir · present · 3rd sing.el3determinerthemasc. · sing. · definiteagua3nounwaterfem. · sing.,seobject pronoun(passive se)3rd · direct objectechaverbis put inechar · present · 3rd sing.ladeterminertheel · fem. · sing. · definitepastanounpastafem. · sing.yconjunctionandseobject pronoun(passive se)3rd · direct objectbajaverbis turned downbajar · present · 3rd sing.eldeterminerthemasc. · sing. · definitefuegonounheat, flamemasc. · sing..
- agua → hierve: agree
- pasta → echa: agree
- fuego → baja: agree
Word for word: “Once the water boils, the pasta is thrown in and the fire is lowered.”
Why it's built this way
The notes match the numbers above.
- 1Una vez que = once, as soon as: a time connector.
- 2hierve: hervir changes e → ie; steps of a routine take the indicative. Present tense: stem-changing verbs (e → ie, o → ue, e → i, u → ue) →
- 3el agua: feminine, but el before a stressed a-. Articles: el, la, un, una; al and del →
Variations
- Cuando hierve el agua, se echa la pasta y se baja el fuego.