La decoloración reduce el contraste.

to reduce

Breakdown of La decoloración reduce el contraste.

• la decoloración: the fading
• el contraste: the contrast

Questions & Answers about La decoloración reduce el contraste.

Why does Spanish use la and el here? In English we might just say Fading reduces contrast without any article.

Spanish uses definite articles much more often than English, especially with general or abstract nouns.

So:

• La decoloración = fading / the fading / discoloration
• El contraste = contrast / the contrast

In a general statement like this, Spanish often sounds more natural with the article, even where English leaves it out.

So La decoloración reduce el contraste is a normal Spanish way to say a general truth.

Why is decoloración feminine?

Because nouns ending in -ción are almost always feminine in Spanish.

Examples:

• la decoloración
• la información
• la solución
• la reducción

So the article is la, not el.

Why is it reduce and not reducir or reducen?