Word
La vacunación y la desparasitación están confirmadas.
Meaning
The vaccination and deworming are confirmed.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Breakdown of La vacunación y la desparasitación están confirmadas.
estar
to be
y
and
confirmar
to confirm
la vacunación
the vaccination
Questions & Answers about La vacunación y la desparasitación están confirmadas.
Why are there two las: La vacunación y la desparasitación?
Spanish often repeats the article when two nouns are joined by y, especially when they are being treated as two separate items.
So La vacunación y la desparasitación sounds very natural and clear:
- the vaccination
- and the deworming / parasite treatment
You may sometimes see a shared article with coordinated nouns, but here repeating la is standard and natural.
What exactly does vacunación mean here?
Vacunación means vaccination or the act/process of vaccinating.
It is different from vacuna, which means vaccine. For example:
- La vacuna = the vaccine
- La vacunación = the vaccination
So this sentence is talking about the procedure/status of vaccination, not the vaccine itself.
What does desparasitación mean?