Breakdown of Revisamos el plazo de alegaciones.
Questions & Answers about Revisamos el plazo de alegaciones.
What verb form is revisamos?
Revisamos is the 1st person plural form of revisar — so it means we review, we are reviewing, or we reviewed, depending on context.
This form matches nosotros:
- (Nosotros) revisamos = we review / we reviewed
So the subject is understood even though nosotros is not written.
Can revisamos mean both we review and we reviewed?
Yes. Revisamos is one of those Spanish forms that can be ambiguous on its own.
It can be:
Only context tells you which one is meant.
- Hoy revisamos el plazo de alegaciones. = probably Today we review / are reviewing...
- Ayer revisamos el plazo de alegaciones. = clearly Yesterday we reviewed...
Why is there no nosotros in the sentence?
Spanish often drops subject pronouns because the verb ending already shows who is doing the action.
So:
Adding nosotros would usually give:
- extra emphasis
- contrast with someone else
- clearer focus on we
In normal Spanish, leaving it out sounds natural.
What does plazo mean exactly?
Plazo usually means a time limit, deadline, or period allowed for something.
In administrative or legal Spanish, it often refers to the official period during which an action can be taken.
Examples:
- plazo de inscripción = registration period
- plazo de solicitud = application period
- plazo de alegaciones = period for submitting objections/comments/representations
Also, plazo is masculine, which is why the sentence has el plazo.
Why is it el plazo and not la plazo?
What does de alegaciones mean here?
Here, de alegaciones describes what kind of plazo it is.
So:
- el plazo = the period / deadline
- de alegaciones = for allegations/objections/comments/representations
In more natural English for this kind of official phrase, it often means something like:
- the objections period
- the period for submitting representations
- the deadline for filing objections/comments
So de is linking the two nouns, like deadline for X or period for X.
Why is there no article before alegaciones?
Because in Spanish, after de, a noun often appears without an article when it names a type, purpose, or category.
So:
- plazo de alegaciones means roughly
- period for objections / representations
This is a general label, not a reference to specific objections already mentioned.
Compare:
- plazo de alegaciones = objections period / period for submitting objections
- plazo de las alegaciones = the period related to the specific objections already known in context
So the version without the article is the normal one in official set phrases.
Does alegaciones mean the same thing as English allegations?
Not always — and this is an important false-friend warning.
Although alegaciones looks like allegations, in legal or administrative Spanish it often means:
- statements
- representations
- objections
- arguments submitted in response
- comments filed in a procedure
English allegations usually means accusations, which is often too narrow or misleading here.
So in this sentence, alegaciones probably does not mean accusations. It is more likely referring to formal submissions made during an official process.
Could you also say plazo para alegaciones?
Yes, you could, and it would be understandable.
- plazo de alegaciones is very common in formal administrative/legal Spanish
- plazo para alegaciones is also possible and may feel a bit more transparent to learners because para clearly means for
In many official contexts, though, plazo de alegaciones sounds more standard and fixed.
Does revisamos ever mean let’s review?
Usually, no — not as the standard form.
If you want to say let’s review, standard Spanish normally uses:
- Revisemos el plazo de alegaciones.
That is the 1st person plural subjunctive, which is the usual way to express let’s + verb.
So:
- revisamos = we review / we reviewed
- revisemos = let’s review
In some conversational situations, the present tense can sound like a suggestion, but if you want the clearest textbook equivalent of let’s review, use revisemos.
Why does the sentence start with the verb?
Because Spanish allows more flexibility in word order than English, especially when the subject is omitted.
Since nosotros is not stated, starting with the verb is completely normal:
- Revisamos el plazo de alegaciones.
This is a very natural structure in Spanish.
If you included the subject, you could say:
- Nosotros revisamos el plazo de alegaciones.
But that would usually sound more emphatic than necessary.
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