Word
El campeón practica todos los días en el estadio.
Meaning
The champion practices every day in the stadium.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Lesson
Breakdown of El campeón practica todos los días en el estadio.
en
in
el día
the day
todos los
every (with a masculine plural noun)
practicar
to practice
Questions & Answers about El campeón practica todos los días en el estadio.
Why do we say El campeón and not just Campeón? Is the article el always necessary?
In Spanish, singular countable nouns almost always need an article (definite or indefinite) unless something else (like a possessive) is in front of them.
- El campeón = the champion (a specific one we have in mind).
- Un campeón = a champion (not a specific one).
- Mi campeón = my champion (no article needed because mi is there).
So in this sentence, Spanish naturally says El campeón practica…; leaving out el would sound incomplete in normal speech. There are places you can drop the article (e.g., headlines, labels, or some fixed expressions), but in a regular sentence like this, el is required.
Why is it campeón and not something like campeona? How does gender work here?
Campeón is the masculine form and campeona is the feminine form:
- el campeón = the (male) champion
- la campeona = the (female) champion
If you’re talking about a woman, you should say:
- La campeona practica todos los días en el estadio.
The noun changes ending -ón → -ona, and the article changes el → la.
What is the accent mark in campeón for? How do I know where to stress it?