Questions & Answers about Acordamos la fecha.
What does acordamos mean in this sentence?
Is acordamos present tense or past tense?
It can be either one.
Acordamos has the same form for:
So without context, the sentence is ambiguous.
- Normalmente acordamos la fecha en la primera reunión. = We usually agree on the date in the first meeting.
- Ayer acordamos la fecha. = Yesterday we agreed on the date.
Only context tells you which meaning is intended.
Why is there no word for on, as in agree on the date?
Because Spanish uses a different structure from English.
In English, you say:
- agree on something
In Spanish, with acordar in this meaning, you usually say:
- acordar algo
So la fecha is the direct object of the verb.
That is why Spanish says:
- Acordamos la fecha
not a literal version with on.
If you want to include another person, you can say:
- Acordamos la fecha con ellos. = We agreed on the date with them.
Why is it la fecha and not una fecha?
La fecha means the date — a specific date that both speakers already know or are talking about.
Spanish often uses the definite article when the thing is specific or already understood from the context.
Compare:
- Acordamos la fecha. = We agreed on the date.
- Acordamos una fecha. = We agreed on a date.
So la points to a particular date, while una would sound less specific.
Do I need to say nosotros?
No. Spanish usually leaves out subject pronouns when the verb ending already shows the subject.
Acordamos already tells you the subject is we.
So:
is completely natural.
You could say:
- Nosotros acordamos la fecha.
but that would usually add emphasis, contrast, or clarity, for example:
- Nosotros acordamos la fecha, pero ellos acordaron el lugar.
What is the difference between acordar and acordarse de?
This is a very important distinction.
- acordar = to agree on / decide
- acordarse de = to remember
So:
Notice two things with acordarse:
- it is reflexive: acordarse
- it uses de
So you should not confuse:
- acordamos la fecha with
- nos acordamos de la fecha
They mean different things.
Does fecha mean a romantic date?
Could I say Estamos de acuerdo con la fecha instead?
Yes, but it does not mean exactly the same thing.
- Acordamos la fecha = We agreed on / settled / decided the date.
- Estamos de acuerdo con la fecha = We agree with the date / We are happy with the date.
So the first one is about reaching the decision.
The second is about approving or accepting the date.
They are related, but not identical.
Could this sentence mean We remember the date?
How is Acordamos la fecha pronounced?
Can the word order change?
Yes, but Acordamos la fecha is the most neutral order.
Spanish can change word order for emphasis. For example:
- La fecha la acordamos ayer.
This gives extra focus to la fecha.
But for a basic statement, the normal and most natural order is:
- Acordamos la fecha.
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