Preparamos la cabecera y la miniatura.

We prepared the programme opener and the thumbnail image.

Breakdown of Preparamos la cabecera y la miniatura.

• y: and
• preparar: to prepare
• la cabecera: the programme opener
• la miniatura: the thumbnail image

Questions & Answers about Preparamos la cabecera y la miniatura.

Why is preparamos used here, and what does it tell me about the subject?

Preparamos is the first-person plural form of preparar, so it tells you the subject is we.

That means the sentence is talking about what we prepare / prepared.

In Spanish, the verb ending often already shows the subject, so you do not need to say nosotros.

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Can preparamos mean both we prepare and we prepared?

Yes. Preparamos can mean either:

• we prepare / we are preparing → present tense
• we prepared → preterite (simple past)

This happens with many -ar verbs in the nosotros form: the present and preterite look the same.

So without context, preparamos is ambiguous. The wider situation tells you which meaning is intended.

For example:

• Hoy preparamos la cabecera y la miniatura. → Today we prepare / are preparing the header and the thumbnail.
• Ayer preparamos la cabecera y la miniatura. → Yesterday we prepared the header and the thumbnail.

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Why doesn’t the sentence say nosotros preparamos?