Word
Subo la escalera con cuidado.
Meaning
I climb the stairs carefully.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Lesson
Questions & Answers about Subo la escalera con cuidado.
What does subo mean and why is it conjugated that way?
Why is the verb subir used with a direct object (la escalera)?
Subir can be transitive when you specify what you’re climbing. Here la escalera is the direct object. You could also say subo por la escalera (“I go up by the stairs”), but simply subir la escalera is very common.
Why is it la escalera (singular) and not las escaleras?
Why do we need the definite article la before escalera?
Spanish generally uses definite articles where English might drop them. Here la specifies “the staircase” you’re climbing. Omitting it (Subo escalera) would sound ungrammatical.