El manual de instrucciones explica el reglamento.

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Breakdown of El manual de instrucciones explica el reglamento.

• el reglamento: the rule set
• el manual de instrucciones: the instruction manual

Questions & Answers about El manual de instrucciones explica el reglamento.

Why is it el manual if the word ends in -al and looks like it could be feminine?

Manual is a masculine noun in Spanish, so it takes el: el manual.

A useful tip: nouns ending in -al are very often masculine, such as:

• el hospital
• el animal
• el festival

So el manual is the normal form.

What does de instrucciones mean here? Why not just one word for instruction manual?

Spanish often uses the structure noun + de + noun where English might use one noun acting like an adjective.

So:

• manual de instrucciones = instruction manual

Literally, it is something like manual of instructions, but in natural English we usually say instruction manual.

This pattern is very common in Spanish:

• libro de historia = history book
• mesa de comedor = dining table
• cepillo de dientes = toothbrush

Why is there el before reglamento? In English we often say just regulations or the rules depending on context.