Word
La empresa quiere ascenderla.
Meaning
The company wants to promote her.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Breakdown of La empresa quiere ascenderla.
querer
to want
la empresa
the company
ascender
to promote; move up
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Questions & Answers about La empresa quiere ascenderla.
What is ascenderla made of?
It is ascender + la.
- ascender = the infinitive verb
- la = a feminine singular direct-object pronoun
So ascenderla means to promote her or to move her up in this context.
Why is la attached to ascender?
Because Spanish allows object pronouns to attach to an infinitive.
So these two are both possible:
- La empresa quiere ascenderla.
- La empresa la quiere ascender.
Both mean the same thing. In sentences with a conjugated verb + infinitive, the object pronoun can often go:
- before the conjugated verb, or
- attached to the infinitive
What does la refer to here?
La refers to the person or thing being promoted. In this sentence, it most naturally means her.
It replaces a feminine singular noun, such as:
- a María
- a la gerente
- a la empleada
So La empresa quiere ascenderla could come from something like La empresa quiere ascender a María.