Comparamos el acúfeno con el zumbido.

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Breakdown of Comparamos el acúfeno con el zumbido.

• comparar: to compare
• el zumbido: the buzzing sound
• el acúfeno: tinnitus

Questions & Answers about Comparamos el acúfeno con el zumbido.

What form is comparamos?

Comparamos is the first person plural form of comparar — in other words, we compare or we compared, depending on context.

So the subject is nosotros (we), even though Spanish usually leaves the subject pronoun unstated.

• (Nosotros) comparamos = we compare / we compared

Why can comparamos mean both we compare and we compared?

For many -ar verbs, the present and the preterite forms are identical in the nosotros form.

With comparar:

• Present: comparamos = we compare
• Preterite: comparamos = we compared

So you need context to know which one is meant. If the meaning shown to the learner is we compare, that is coming from context, not from the verb form alone.

Why is there el before acúfeno and zumbido?

Spanish often uses the definite article more than English does.

Here, el acúfeno and el zumbido can refer to:

• a specific case already known in context, or
• the concepts in a general or technical sense

In English, we might sometimes omit the article more easily, but in Spanish it is very normal to say:

• el acúfeno
• el zumbido

especially in medical, explanatory, or descriptive language.