El gerente delega una tarea importante.

The manager delegates an important task.

Breakdown of El gerente delega una tarea importante.

• importante: important
• una: a
• la tarea: the task
• el gerente: the manager

Questions & Answers about El gerente delega una tarea importante.

Why does the sentence start with el gerente instead of just gerente?

In Spanish, it is very common to use the definite article with a noun: el gerente = the manager.

If you said just gerente, it would usually sound incomplete in a normal sentence unless it is being used in a special context, such as a job title, a label, or after certain verbs.

So:

• El gerente delega... = The manager delegates...

What does gerente mean exactly, and is it the same as manager?

Yes, gerente usually means manager in a business or organizational context.

It can refer to someone who manages a department, business, team, or operation. Depending on context, it may also be translated as director or administrator, but manager is the most direct translation here.

Is gerente masculine because it uses el? What if the manager is a woman?

Gerente is a noun that can refer to either a man or a woman. The article tells you the gender of the person:

• el gerente = the male manager
• la gerente = the female manager

The noun itself usually stays the same. This is very common with nouns ending in -ente.