El ciclista pedalea con chaleco reflectante.

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Breakdown of El ciclista pedalea con chaleco reflectante.

• el ciclista: the cyclist
• el chaleco reflectante: the reflective vest
• pedalear: to pedal a bicycle

Questions & Answers about El ciclista pedalea con chaleco reflectante.

What does ciclista mean exactly, and is it only for a man?

Ciclista means cyclist or bicyclist.

It is a noun that can refer to either a man or a woman. The word itself usually stays the same:

• el ciclista = the male cyclist
• la ciclista = the female cyclist

So in your sentence, el ciclista tells you the cyclist is masculine.

Why does the sentence start with el?

El means the.

So:

• el ciclista = the cyclist

Spanish often uses definite articles very naturally, just like English does, but sometimes even more often than English. Here, el simply identifies a specific cyclist or a cyclist being talked about in general, depending on context.

If you changed it to un ciclista, it would mean:

• un ciclista = a cyclist

Why is it pedalea?