Breakdown of Los datos de la tarjeta no reemplazan el factor de autenticación.
reemplazar
to replace
no
not
los datos de la tarjeta
the card details
el factor de autenticación
the authentication factor
Questions & Answers about Los datos de la tarjeta no reemplazan el factor de autenticación.
Why is it reemplazan and not reemplaza?
Because the subject is Los datos de la tarjeta, and the head noun there is datos, which is plural.
So the agreement works like this:
- los datos = plural
- reemplazan = they replace
Even though de la tarjeta comes in the middle, it does not control the verb. The verb agrees with datos, not with tarjeta.
So:
- Los datos ... reemplazan = correct
- Los datos ... reemplaza = incorrect
Why does the sentence start with Los datos? Does datos mean data or details?
In this kind of context, datos usually means details, data, or information.
With de la tarjeta, los datos de la tarjeta most naturally means:
- the card details
- the card data
- the information from/on the card
A native English speaker may expect data to feel uncountable, but in Spanish dato is a countable noun, and datos is the normal plural form.
Examples:
- un dato = one piece of information / one datum
- los datos = the data / the details
What does de la tarjeta do here?