El cuidado de mi familia es importante.

The care of my family is important.

Breakdown of El cuidado de mi familia es importante.

• ser: to be
• mi: my
• la familia: the family
• de: of
• importante: important
• el cuidado: the care

Questions & Answers about El cuidado de mi familia es importante.

Why is cuidado used here as a noun instead of using a verb like cuidar?

In Spanish, cuidado is a noun that means care (as in the act of caring or the concept of caretaking). Using el cuidado (the care) focuses on the concept itself—as something that is important—rather than emphasizing the action (to care). If you used cuidar, it would shift the sentence to something like Cuidar a mi familia es importante (To care for my family is important), which is still correct but uses the verb form.

What does the phrase de mi familia signify, and is it always formed this way?

De mi familia indicates possession or relationship, translating literally to of my family. It's a standard way in Spanish to show whom the care is directed toward or belongs to. You could think of it as “the care of my family” in English. Other structures might be used in different contexts, but for expressing something belongs to or concerns your family, de mi familia is very common.

Why do we have to use the article el before cuidado?

Words like cuidado function as nouns, and in Spanish, nouns typically need an article (in this case el) unless you’re speaking in very general terms. Here, it helps express that you’re talking about a definite, specific concept of family care—the care—rather than care in general.

Can we say Es importante el cuidado de mi familia or does the order change the meaning?

Yes, Es importante el cuidado de mi familia is also correct and conveys the same meaning. Spanish allows some flexibility in word order, but El cuidado de mi familia es importante sounds slightly more direct, starting with the subject. Placing Es importante first emphasizes the importance.

Is importante the same in masculine and feminine forms, or do we need to worry about gender agreement?

In Spanish, adjectives ending in -e (like importante) usually have the same form for both masculine and feminine nouns. So importante doesn’t change to match the gender of the noun; it stays the same regardless of whether the noun is masculine or feminine.