Word
El puesto exige experiencia.
Meaning
The position requires experience.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Breakdown of El puesto exige experiencia.
la experiencia
the experience
exigir
to require
el puesto
the job position
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Questions & Answers about El puesto exige experiencia.
What does puesto mean here?
Here, puesto means position, job, or post.
In job-related Spanish, el puesto is a very common way to say the position or the role.
Be careful: puesto can mean other things in other contexts, such as:
- market stall / stand
- place / spot
- the past participle of poner (put, placed)
But in this sentence, it clearly means job position.
Is puesto here a noun, or is it the past participle of poner?
In this sentence, puesto is a noun.
Even though puesto is also the past participle of poner, that is not what is happening here. You can tell because it is preceded by the article el, which is a strong sign that it is being used as a noun:
- el puesto = the position / the job
If it were a past participle, it would usually appear with a form of haber or estar, depending on the structure.
Why is it el puesto and not un puesto?