Un beneficio de comer fruta es tener más energía.

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Breakdown of Un beneficio de comer fruta es tener más energía.

• de: of
• comer: to eat
• tener: to have

Questions & Answers about Un beneficio de comer fruta es tener más energía.

Why do we use Un before beneficio instead of leaving it out?

In Spanish, countable nouns in singular often need an article. Un beneficio means “one benefit” or “a benefit” of eating fruit. Without un, it would sound like you’re listing benefits in general, but here you’re highlighting one specific advantage.

Why is it de comer fruta instead of para comer fruta?

Here de links beneficio with the action that produces it (“benefit of eating fruit”). It indicates origin or cause. Para comer fruta would mean “in order to eat fruit,” which changes the meaning to purpose, not the benefit resulting from the action.

Why is there no article before fruta (why not comer la fruta)?

When talking about eating fruit in general (any fruit), Spanish drops the article. Comer fruta means “eating fruit” as a general activity. If you said comer la fruta, you’d refer to a specific fruit you already mentioned.

Why are both comer and tener in the infinitive form?

Spanish uses the infinitive as a noun to talk about actions in general. In Un beneficio de comer fruta, comer is the action. In es tener más energía, tener expresses the resulting state. It’s like English “Better to eat” / “is to have.”