El profesor bromea con los estudiantes en la clase.

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Breakdown of El profesor bromea con los estudiantes en la clase.

• con: with
• el estudiante: the student
• el profesor: the teacher

Questions & Answers about El profesor bromea con los estudiantes en la clase.

What does bromear con mean in this sentence?

The verb bromear means “to joke” or “to tease,” and the preposition con introduces the person you’re joking with. So bromea con translates as “he jokes with” or “he teases along with.”

Why is con necessary here instead of using a direct object?

In Spanish, bromear is intransitive when referring to joking with someone. You don’t say bromear a alguien, you use bromear con alguien. The con signals “with whom” the action is happening.

What tense and person is bromea?

Bromea is the third-person singular present indicative form of bromear. It means “he jokes,” “she jokes,” or “it jokes.”

Why is there a definite article in los estudiantes? Could we just say estudiantes?

Spanish normally uses the definite article (el, la, los, las) before general or known groups. Los estudiantes means “the students” as a specific group. Omitting the article would sound less natural here.

Could we use durante la clase instead of en la clase?