El gerente da retroalimentación clara.

to give

Breakdown of El gerente da retroalimentación clara.

• el gerente: the manager
• claro: clear
• la retroalimentación: the feedback

Questions & Answers about El gerente da retroalimentación clara.

Why is da used here? Doesn’t dar usually mean to give?

Yes. Da is the he/she/it form of dar in the present tense, and it literally means gives.

In Spanish, dar is very commonly used with nouns in places where English might use a different verb. So:

• dar retroalimentación = to give feedback
• dar ayuda = to give help
• dar apoyo = to give support

So El gerente da retroalimentación clara is a very natural way to say that the manager gives clear feedback.

What form is da exactly?

Da is the third person singular present indicative form of dar.

Here is the present tense of dar:

• yo doy
• tú das
• él/ella/usted da
• nosotros damos
• ustedes dan
• ellos/ellas dan

Because el gerente is he/the manager, the correct form is da.

Why is it el gerente? Can gerente refer to a woman too?