El enjuague usa agua fría.

to use

Breakdown of El enjuague usa agua fría.

• el agua: the water
• frío: cold
• el enjuague: the laundry rinse

Questions & Answers about El enjuague usa agua fría.

Why is it el enjuague?

Because enjuague is a masculine noun, so it takes el in the singular.

Spanish nouns do not always show their gender clearly from the ending. Even though enjuague ends in -e, it is masculine, so you learn it as el enjuague.

Depending on context, enjuague can mean things like:

• rinse
• rinsing
• rinse cycle
• sometimes mouthwash

What exactly is usa here?

Usa is the third-person singular present tense of usar.

That form can mean:

• he uses
• she uses
• it uses
• you use in the usted form

In this sentence, the subject is el enjuague, so usa means uses in the sense of it uses.

How do I know what the subject is?

The subject is el enjuague.

A simple way to see it:

• El enjuague = the subject
• usa = the verb
• agua fría = what is being used

So the structure is basically: The rinse uses cold water.

Why is there no article before agua fría?