Breakdown of Revisamos la notificación de la multa.
Questions & Answers about Revisamos la notificación de la multa.
What does revisamos mean here?
Revisamos comes from revisar, which often means to review, to check, or to look over.
In this sentence, it means something like:
- we review
- we check
- we go over
The most natural English choice depends on context.
What tense is revisamos?
Revisamos can be two different tenses:
- present indicative: we review / we check
- preterite: we reviewed / we checked
These two forms are spelled the same for nosotros verbs ending in -ar.
So by itself, Revisamos la notificación de la multa could mean either:
- We review the fine notice, or
- We reviewed the fine notice
Only context tells you which one is meant.
Why does the sentence use la twice: la notificación and la multa?
Why is it de la multa?
Here, de links the two nouns together.
la notificación de la multa means:
- the notification of the fine
- the fine notification
- the notice about the fine
So de is not really being translated word-for-word as only of. It is showing the relationship between:
- the notification
- and the fine
It tells us what the notification is about.
Could de la multa mean from the fine?
What exactly does multa mean?
Multa means fine as in a money penalty, especially an official one.
Common examples:
- a parking fine
- a speeding fine
- an administrative fine
In Spain, multa is a very normal everyday word for this idea.
Is revisar the same as English revise?
Not usually.
This is a common false friend.
In Spanish, revisar usually means:
- to check
- to inspect
- to review
- to look over
English revise often means to edit or to study again, but Spanish revisar does not always mean that.
So in this sentence, revisamos is more like we checked/reviewed, not necessarily we revised.
Why isn’t there a personal a in this sentence?
Because the direct object is a thing, not a person.
The direct object here is:
- la notificación
Spanish normally uses the personal a before specific people (and sometimes pets or personified beings), not before ordinary things.
So:
- Revisamos la notificación = correct
- Revisamos a la notificación = incorrect
Why is the word order la notificación de la multa?
Spanish commonly uses this structure:
noun + de + noun
So instead of putting one noun directly before another the way English often does, Spanish often links them with de.
Compare:
- the fine notification → la notificación de la multa
- the door of the house → la puerta de la casa
This is a very common Spanish pattern.
Could you leave out the articles and say Revisamos notificación de multa?
Does la notificación de la multa mean the same as the ticket?
Not exactly.
La multa is the fine itself.
La notificación de la multa is the notification/notice of the fine — the official document or message informing you about it.
So it is closer to:
- the fine notice
- the notification of the fine
rather than simply the ticket, depending on context.
Why does notificación have an accent mark?
Because the stress falls on the last syllable: ción.
Without the accent, Spanish stress rules would make you expect the stress somewhere else, since words ending in n, s, or a vowel are normally stressed on the second-to-last syllable.
So the accent mark shows the correct pronunciation:
- no-ti-fi-ca-CIÓN
This is very common with nouns ending in -ción:
- información
- situación
- notificación
Is this sentence natural in Spanish from Spain?
Yes, it sounds natural.
In Spain, this could easily be used in an administrative, legal, or everyday context if people are talking about checking a notice related to a fine.
Depending on the situation, native speakers might also say:
- Revisamos el aviso de la multa
- Revisamos la carta de la multa
- Revisamos la notificación de sanción (more formal)
But your original sentence is perfectly normal.
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