El titular de la cuenta firma el cheque.

The account holder signs the check.

Breakdown of El titular de la cuenta firma el cheque.

• firmar: to sign
• el titular de la cuenta: the account holder
• el cheque: the check (payment document)

Questions & Answers about El titular de la cuenta firma el cheque.

What does titular mean here? Does it have anything to do with a newspaper headline?

Here, titular means holder or authorized owner of something official, especially in banking.

So el titular de la cuenta means the account holder.

This is a good word to watch out for, because titular can mean different things in different contexts:

• el titular de la cuenta = the account holder
• un titular in journalism = a headline

So the context tells you which meaning is intended.

Why does Spanish say de la cuenta instead of using something like the account’s holder?

Spanish usually expresses this kind of relationship with de, not with an apostrophe like English.

So:

• el titular de la cuenta = literally the holder of the account
• natural English = the account holder

This de structure is extremely common in Spanish:

• el nombre del cliente = the client’s name
• la puerta de la casa = the house door / the door of the house

So this sentence uses a very normal Spanish pattern.

Why is it de la cuenta and not just de cuenta?