Breakdown of El precio indexado cambia en el mercado libre.
en
in
cambiar
to change
el mercado libre
the open electricity market
el precio indexado
the indexed price
Questions & Answers about El precio indexado cambia en el mercado libre.
Why is it el precio and not just precio?
In Spanish, the definite article is often used where English might omit the.
Here, el precio means the price. Saying Precio indexado cambia... would sound incomplete or unnatural in normal Spanish.
Spanish usually prefers an article with a singular countable noun like precio, especially when talking about it as a general concept within a specific context.
Why is indexado placed after precio?
In Spanish, descriptive adjectives normally come after the noun.
So:
- el precio indexado = the indexed price
This is the most natural order. Putting the adjective before the noun is sometimes possible in Spanish, but it often changes the tone or sounds literary, emphatic, or unusual. In this sentence, precio indexado is the standard order.
What exactly is indexado here?