Word
La audiometría mide el umbral auditivo en decibelios.
Meaning
The hearing test measures the hearing threshold in decibels.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Breakdown of La audiometría mide el umbral auditivo en decibelios.
en
in
medir
to measure
la audiometría
the hearing test
el decibelio
the decibel
Questions & Answers about La audiometría mide el umbral auditivo en decibelios.
Why does the sentence start with la? Why not just audiometría on its own?
In Spanish, it is very common to use the definite article with nouns where English often uses no article.
So la audiometría means audiometry or the audiometry test/process, depending on context.
Compare:
- La audiometría mide... = Audiometry measures...
- La medicina estudia... = Medicine studies...
English often drops the article in these general statements, but Spanish usually keeps it.
Why is it mide?
Mide is the third person singular form of the verb medir (to measure) in the present tense.
Conjugation of medir in the present:
- yo mido
- tú mides
- él/ella/usted mide
- nosotros/nosotras medimos
- vosotros/vosotras medís
- ellos/ellas/ustedes miden
Here the subject is la audiometría, which is singular, so the verb must also be singular: mide.
Why is there no subject pronoun like ella before mide?