La receta está completa con un paso final sencillo.

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Breakdown of La receta está completa con un paso final sencillo.

• estar: to be
• la receta: the recipe
• un: a

Questions & Answers about La receta está completa con un paso final sencillo.

Why is está used instead of es to say “the recipe is complete”?

In Spanish, estar expresses a temporary state or condition, while ser describes inherent characteristics. Here, completion is viewed as the result of cooking steps (a state), so we say está completa, not es completa.

Why is completa ending with -a?

The noun receta is feminine, so its adjectives must agree in gender and number. Since receta is singular and feminine, we use completa (feminine singular) rather than completo.

What role does con play in this sentence?

Con means “with.” It links the main clause (La receta está completa) to what accompanies that state—a final simple step. Think: “The recipe is complete with a simple final step.”

Why is the phrase un paso final sencillo ordered that way? Could it be un sencillo paso final?