Word
La esterilización y el examen clínico aparecen en el historial veterinario.
Meaning
The sterilisation and clinical examination appear in the veterinary history.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Breakdown of La esterilización y el examen clínico aparecen en el historial veterinario.
en
in
y
and
aparecer
to appear
la esterilización
the sterilisation
Questions & Answers about La esterilización y el examen clínico aparecen en el historial veterinario.
Why is the verb aparecen plural?
Because the subject is actually two things joined by y:
- la esterilización
- el examen clínico
Together, they form a plural subject, so Spanish uses the 3rd person plural verb:
- aparecen = they appear / are listed / show up
If there were only one item, you would use aparece:
- La esterilización aparece en el historial veterinario.
Why does Spanish use both articles, la and el, instead of just one?
In Spanish, it is very common to repeat the article before each noun in a list when each noun is separate and clearly identified:
- la esterilización y el examen clínico
This sounds natural and standard. English often says the sterilization and clinical exam, but Spanish prefers to mark each noun with its own article when needed.
You might sometimes see article omission in other contexts, but here repeating the articles is the most normal choice.
Why is it la esterilización but el examen clínico?