La resolución afecta al contraste.

Image resolution affects the contrast.

Breakdown of La resolución afecta al contraste.

• al: to the
• afectar: to affect
• la resolución: the image resolution
• el contraste: the contrast

Questions & Answers about La resolución afecta al contraste.

Why is it afecta al contraste and not afecta el contraste?

Because the verb is commonly used as afectar a when it means to affect something or someone.

So the structure is:

• afectar a + noun

Here, a + el contracts to al:

• a + el contraste = al contraste

So:

• La resolución afecta al contraste.

This a is part of the verb pattern, not a translation of English to.

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What does afecta mean grammatically here?

Afecta is the:

• 3rd person singular
• present indicative
• of the verb afectar

It matches the subject la resolución, which is singular.

So the pattern is:

• la resolución afecta
• the resolution affects

Other present-tense forms would be:

• yo afecto — I affect
• tú afectas — you affect
• él/ella afecta — he/she/it affects
• nosotros afectamos — we affect
• vosotros afectáis — you all affect
• ellos/ellas afectan — they affect

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