Revisamos la tarjeta de inspección técnica.

Revisamos is the nosotros form of the verb revisar.

It can mean:

• we check
• we review
• we inspect

Grammatically, revisamos can be either:

• present indicative: we check / we are checking
• preterite: we checked

Because the present and preterite forms are identical for nosotros verbs ending in -ar, you need context to know which one is meant. In many learning examples like this, it is usually understood as the present unless something suggests the past.

Spanish often leaves out subject pronouns because the verb ending already shows who is doing the action.

So:

• Revisamos la tarjeta...
• Nosotros revisamos la tarjeta...

both mean the same thing.

The version without nosotros is more natural in most situations. Spanish is a pro-drop language, so subject pronouns are only used when needed for emphasis, contrast, or clarity.

La is the definite article, so it means the.

Spanish uses the definite article when talking about a specific, known item. Here, la tarjeta suggests a particular inspection card, not just any inspection card.

Compare:

• Revisamos la tarjeta = we check the card
• Revisamos una tarjeta = we check a card

If both speaker and listener know which card is being discussed, la is the natural choice.

In Spanish, relationships like inspection card are often expressed with de.

So:

• tarjeta de inspección técnica literally means card of technical inspection

This is more natural in Spanish than trying to stack adjectives the way English often does.

The structure is:

• tarjeta = card
• de inspección técnica = of technical inspection

This kind of noun + de + noun/phrase pattern is extremely common in Spanish.

Técnica agrees with inspección, not with tarjeta.

Why?

Because técnica is describing the inspection, not the card:

• inspección is feminine singular
• so the adjective is técnica

That is why the phrase is:

• inspección técnica

If the noun were masculine, the adjective would change:

• análisis técnico
• revisión técnica

So the agreement is inside the smaller phrase inspección técnica.

Yes, in practice it describes what kind of card it is.

The core noun is:

• tarjeta

And the phrase:

• de inspección técnica

specifies it, almost like saying inspection card in English.

So while de inspección técnica is a prepositional phrase, it functions adjectivally by telling us more about tarjeta.

The personal a is normally used before a specific person (and sometimes pets or personified beings) when that person is the direct object.

Examples:

• Vemos a María
• Llamo a mi hermano

But la tarjeta is a thing, not a person, so there is no personal a:

• Revisamos la tarjeta

That is completely normal.

Sometimes yes, but not always exactly.

Revisar often means:

• to check
• to review
• to look over

It can overlap with inspect, but it is usually broader and more everyday. In many contexts, inspeccionar would sound more like a formal inspection carried out by an inspector.

So in this sentence, revisamos most naturally suggests:

• we check
• we review

rather than a full official inspection.

Yes, it often is, especially in contexts related to vehicles.

In Spain, inspección técnica commonly refers to the official technical inspection of a vehicle. You may also hear ITV, from Inspección Técnica de Vehículos.

So la tarjeta de inspección técnica can refer to the vehicle’s technical inspection document/card. Even if the learner already knows the meaning, it helps to know that this phrase is very natural in Spain and may refer to a specific real-world document.

Yes, but the original order is the most neutral.

The normal order is:

• Revisamos la tarjeta de inspección técnica.

You could also say:

• La tarjeta de inspección técnica la revisamos.

But that sounds marked or contrastive, something like:

• The inspection card, that’s what we check.

So the original sentence is the most straightforward and natural unless you want emphasis.

The main noun of the object is tarjeta.

A useful way to break it down is:

• Revisamos = verb
• la tarjeta = main direct object
• de inspección técnica = phrase modifying tarjeta

So the essential skeleton is:

• Revisamos la tarjeta.

Then Spanish adds more information about what kind of card it is:

• de inspección técnica

This is a good habit when reading longer noun phrases in Spanish: find the main noun first, then identify what modifies it.

Because revisamos can also mean we checked, the sentence can already be read as past if the context makes that clear.

But if you want to make the past more obvious, context words help:

• Ayer revisamos la tarjeta de inspección técnica. = Yesterday we checked the technical inspection card.
• Esta mañana revisamos la tarjeta de inspección técnica.

If you want a clearly non-past form, you could use something like:

• Estamos revisando la tarjeta de inspección técnica. = We are checking the technical inspection card.

So context is what usually resolves the ambiguity.