El gerente supervisa el trabajo del equipo.

The manager supervises the team's work.

Breakdown of El gerente supervisa el trabajo del equipo.

• el trabajo: the work
• del: of the
• el gerente: the manager
• el equipo: the team

Questions & Answers about El gerente supervisa el trabajo del equipo.

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

In Spanish, singular countable nouns usually need an article or some other determiner. So gerente by itself would often sound incomplete in a normal sentence.

• el gerente = the manager
• un gerente = a manager

Spanish uses articles more often than English, so including el here is very natural.

Does gerente only refer to a male manager?

No. Gerente is commonly used for both men and women. The article usually shows the gender:

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

In Latin America, la gerente is very common for a woman.

Why is the verb supervisa and not supervisar?

Supervisar is the infinitive, meaning to supervise. In the sentence, the verb has to be conjugated to match the subject.

Here, the subject is el gerente, which is third person singular, so:

• supervisar = to supervise
• supervisa = he/she supervises

So El gerente supervisa... means The manager supervises...