Revisamos la pregunta de desempate.

Revisamos is the first-person plural form of revisar, meaning to review, to check, or to go over.

It can mean either:

• we review / we are reviewing → present tense
• we reviewed → preterite

So revisamos is one of those Spanish forms that can be ambiguous on its own. You normally tell which meaning is intended from the context.

For example:

• Ahora revisamos la pregunta de desempate. = Now we’re reviewing the tie-breaker question.
• Ayer revisamos la pregunta de desempate. = Yesterday we reviewed the tie-breaker question.

Spanish often drops subject pronouns when the verb ending already shows who the subject is.

Here, revisamos already tells you the subject is we. Because of that, nosotros is usually unnecessary.

So:

• Revisamos la pregunta de desempate.
• Nosotros revisamos la pregunta de desempate.

Both are correct, but the version without nosotros is more natural in many situations.

You would add nosotros only for emphasis, contrast, or clarity, for example:

• Nosotros revisamos la pregunta de desempate, no ellos.
  We reviewed the tie-breaker question, not them.

Spanish uses articles like el, la, los, las more often than English does.

Here, la pregunta means the question. The article is needed because you are referring to a specific question: the tie-breaker question.

Saying just pregunta here would usually sound incomplete or unnatural.

Also, pregunta is a feminine singular noun, so it takes la:

• la pregunta
• not el pregunta

In la pregunta de desempate, the phrase de desempate works like for a tie-breaker or tie-breaking in English.

Literally, it is something like:

• the question of tie-breaking
• more naturally: the tie-breaker question

Spanish often uses de + noun where English might use a noun directly as an adjective.

Compare:

• partido de fútbol = football match
• mesa de madera = wooden table
• pregunta de desempate = tie-breaker question

So de links pregunta with desempate and shows the type or purpose of the question.

Desempate comes from the idea of breaking a tie.

It refers to something used when two sides are equal and you need a final decision. Depending on context, it can mean:

• tie-breaker
• tie-break
• deciding round/question

So la pregunta de desempate is a question used to decide the winner when there is a tie.

This is the normal Spanish word order:

• verb + object

So:

• Revisamos = We review / reviewed
• la pregunta de desempate = the tie-breaker question

Spanish can change word order for emphasis, but this version is the most neutral and natural.

For example, you could say:

• La pregunta de desempate la revisamos después.

That is possible, but it has a more marked structure and different emphasis. The original sentence is the straightforward default order.

Yes, revisar is natural here if the idea is to look over, check, or go through the question.

Depending on the exact context, other verbs could also appear:

• ver = to see/look at
• repasar = to go over/review again
• comprobar = to check/verify
• examinar = to examine

But revisamos la pregunta de desempate sounds perfectly normal if a group is checking or reviewing that question.

In standard Spanish pronunciation, revisamos is pronounced roughly:

• reh-bee-SAH-mos

The stress falls on sa:

• re-vi-SA-mos

A few pronunciation notes:

• r is a light tapped r
• v in Spanish sounds closer to a soft b than an English v
• s is always a clear s sound in Spain

So the rhythm is:

• re | vi | sa | mos

Yes. This is a very common point for learners.

For -ar verbs, the present nosotros form and the preterite nosotros form often look identical:

• hablamos = we speak / are speaking or we spoke
• estudiamos = we study / are studying or we studied
• revisamos = we review / are reviewing or we reviewed

So context is essential.

Time words usually make it clear:

• Hoy revisamos la pregunta de desempate. = probably Today we’re reviewing the tie-breaker question.
• Anoche revisamos la pregunta de desempate. = Last night we reviewed the tie-breaker question.

It is a very natural expression, though not necessarily a completely fixed idiom.

Spanish commonly forms this kind of phrase with:

• noun + de + noun

So pregunta de desempate is a normal, idiomatic way to say tie-breaker question.

You might also hear related expressions such as:

• ronda de desempate = tie-break round
• partido de desempate = playoff / tie-break match
• criterio de desempate = tie-breaking criterion

So the structure is very productive and common in Spanish.