Breakdown of El audiólogo revisa el audiograma después de la audiometría.
Questions & Answers about El audiólogo revisa el audiograma después de la audiometría.
Why does the sentence use el with audiólogo and audiograma, but la with audiometría?
Because Spanish nouns have grammatical gender.
The article has to match the noun’s gender and number.
A useful pattern here:
But audiometría ends in -ía, which is also typically feminine.
What does revisa mean grammatically?
Revisa is the third-person singular present indicative form of revisar.
So it can mean:
- he reviews/checks/examines
- she reviews/checks/examines
- it reviews/checks/examines
- or you review/check/examine in the formal usted form
In this sentence, it matches el audiólogo, which is third-person singular: one audiologist.
Why is it revisa and not revisar?
Because revisar is the infinitive, equivalent to English to review / to check.
In a normal complete sentence, Spanish usually needs a conjugated verb, not the infinitive by itself.
- revisar = to review
- revisa = reviews / checks / examines
So:
- El audiólogo revisar... is incorrect
- El audiólogo revisa... is correct
Is revisar a false friend for English speakers?
Yes, very often.
English speakers may think revisar means only to revise in the sense of to rewrite or edit. But in Spanish, revisar much more commonly means:
- to check
- to inspect
- to examine
- to review
In a medical context, revisar often means to examine or to look over carefully.
Why is it después de and not just después?
Because when después is followed by a noun or an infinitive, Spanish normally uses de.
Examples:
- después de la audiometría
- después de comer
So in this sentence, después de means after.
You can use después alone when the rest is understood or when it functions more like later / afterward:
What is the difference between audiometría and audiograma?
Why are there accent marks in audiólogo and audiometría?
The accent marks show which syllable is stressed.
- audiólogo: stress falls on DIÓ
- audiometría: stress falls on RÍA
These written accents are important because they tell you how to pronounce the words correctly.
Very roughly:
- au-di-Ó-lo-go
- au-dio-me-TRÍ-a
Can the word order change in Spanish?
Yes. Spanish word order is more flexible than English, although subject + verb + object is the most neutral order here:
- El audiólogo revisa el audiograma después de la audiometría.
You could also say:
- Después de la audiometría, el audiólogo revisa el audiograma.
That version puts more focus on the time sequence. Both are natural.
Does the present tense here mean something happening right now, or a habitual action?
It can mean either, depending on context.
Spanish present tense often covers:
- what is happening now
- what usually happens
- a general procedure
So this sentence could mean:
- the audiologist is reviewing the audiogram now
- or this is what the audiologist generally does after the test
Without more context, both are possible.
Why is the article used before the profession: el audiólogo?
Because here it refers to a specific person or to the role as the subject of the sentence.
In Spanish, professions often take an article when you are talking about a person in general or identifying them as the subject:
- El doctor llega temprano.
- La ingeniera revisa los planos.
But after ser, professions usually appear without an article unless you are specifying:
- Es audiólogo.
- Es el audiólogo del hospital.
How would I make audiólogo feminine?
The feminine form is audióloga.
So:
- el audiólogo = the male audiologist
- la audióloga = the female audiologist
The rest of the sentence would stay almost the same:
- La audióloga revisa el audiograma después de la audiometría.
Why doesn’t después de la audiometría come right after the verb?
It could. Spanish allows some flexibility with adverbial phrases like time expressions.
These are both natural:
- El audiólogo revisa el audiograma después de la audiometría.
- El audiólogo revisa después de la audiometría el audiograma.
But the first one sounds more natural and clearer because it keeps the verb and its direct object together:
- revisa el audiograma
That is usually the smoothest order.
How do I know that el audiograma is the direct object?
Because it is the thing being checked or reviewed by the verb revisa.
A useful test is to replace it with a direct object pronoun:
- El audiólogo lo revisa después de la audiometría.
Here lo stands for el audiograma, which confirms it is the direct object.
Would luego de la audiometría also work?
Yes. In many varieties of Spanish, including much of Latin America, luego de can also mean after.
So you may hear:
- El audiólogo revisa el audiograma luego de la audiometría.
That said, después de is extremely common and very standard.
How would this sentence sound with estar + gerundio instead?
If you want to emphasize that the action is in progress right now, you could say:
- El audiólogo está revisando el audiograma después de la audiometría.
Difference:
- revisa = simple present; can be habitual, general, or current depending on context
- está revisando = specifically emphasizes the ongoing action right now
Both are grammatically correct, but they are not exactly the same in nuance.
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