El plan nutricional permite un batido de frutas los sábados por la tarde.

The nutritional plan allows a fruit smoothie on Saturday afternoons.

Breakdown of El plan nutricional permite un batido de frutas los sábados por la tarde.

• de: of
• los: the
• el sábado: the Saturday
• la fruta: the fruit

Questions & Answers about El plan nutricional permite un batido de frutas los sábados por la tarde.

Why is it permite un batido and not something like permite tomar un batido?

In Spanish, permitir can be followed directly by:

1. A noun (what is allowed):

   • El plan nutricional permite un batido de frutas.
     → The nutritional plan allows a fruit shake.

2. An infinitive verb (the action that is allowed):

   • El plan nutricional permite tomar un batido de frutas.
     → The nutritional plan allows (you) to have a fruit shake.

Both are grammatically correct.

• permite un batido focuses on the item that is allowed.
• permite tomar un batido focuses on the action of having it.

In diet or nutrition contexts, it’s very common to see permitir + noun to list allowed foods.

Why is it permite (singular) and not permiten?

The verb must agree with the subject:

• Subject: El plan nutricional → singular
• Therefore: permite (3rd person singular of permitir)

Permiten would be used if the subject were plural, e.g.:

• Los planes nutricionales permiten un batido de frutas.
  Nutritional plans allow a fruit shake.

What does los do in los sábados, and why not just sábados?