El teniente revisa el informe.

Revisa is the third-person singular present indicative form of revisar.

That means it matches subjects like:

• él = he
• ella = she
• usted = you (formal)
• or a singular noun phrase like el teniente

So:

• El teniente revisa... = The lieutenant reviews/checks...

The infinitive is revisar, and the present-tense endings for a regular -ar verb are:

• reviso = I review
• revisas = you review
• revisa = he/she reviews
• revisamos = we review
• revisáis = you all review (Spain)
• revisan = they/you all review

Because both teniente and informe are singular masculine nouns, and el is the singular masculine definite article meaning the.

So:

• el teniente = the lieutenant
• el informe = the report

Spanish usually uses articles more consistently than English, so seeing el twice in one sentence is completely normal.

This is a very common question.

• el = the → article, no accent
• él = he → pronoun, with accent

In El teniente revisa el informe, both instances are the article el, because they go before nouns:

• el teniente
• el informe

You would only use él if you meant he, for example:

• Él revisa el informe = He reviews the report

Because Spanish often omits subject pronouns when the subject is already clear.

Here, the subject is explicitly stated as el teniente, so there is no need to add él.

• El teniente revisa el informe. = normal
• Él revisa el informe. = He reviews the report
• Él, el teniente, revisa el informe. = possible, but usually only for emphasis or contrast

Spanish is a pro-drop language, so leaving out subject pronouns is very common.

Not all masculine nouns end in -o, and not all feminine nouns end in -a.

Teniente is a noun whose gender is shown by the article:

• el teniente = a male lieutenant
• la teniente = a female lieutenant

So teniente is a common-gender noun: the noun itself stays the same, and the article tells you the gender.

Because this is the most neutral and common Spanish word order:

Subject + Verb + Object

• El teniente = subject
• revisa = verb
• el informe = direct object

This is the same basic order as in English:

• The lieutenant reviews the report

Spanish word order can be more flexible than English, but this version is the most straightforward and natural in most contexts.

Yes, but the meaning or emphasis may change.

For example:

• El teniente revisa el informe. = neutral
• Revisa el informe el teniente. = possible, but sounds more marked or literary; it puts the action first
• El informe lo revisa el teniente. = emphasizes that the lieutenant is the one who reviews it

So yes, Spanish allows more flexibility, but the original sentence is the safest standard version for learners.

Because el informe is a thing, not a person.

Spanish uses the personal a mainly before specific human beings (and sometimes animals treated personally) when they are direct objects.

Compare:

• El teniente revisa el informe. = no a, because informe is a report
• El teniente revisa a los soldados. = a is used, because los soldados are people

So in this sentence, no a is needed.

Sometimes this causes confusion because it looks like the English verb to revise.

In Spanish, revisar often means:

• to check
• to inspect
• to review
• to look over

It does not always mean to rewrite or improve a text, which is one common meaning of English revise.

So depending on context, revisa el informe may be better understood as:

• checks the report
• reviews the report
• looks over the report

A simple English-style guide would be:

el teh-NYEN-teh reh-BEE-sah el een-FOR-meh

A few useful points:

• teniente has stress on -nien-
• revisa has stress on -vi-
• informe has stress on -for-
• the r in revisa and informe is a light tap, not a strong English r
• the v in revisa is pronounced very similarly to a soft b in Spanish

Also, every written vowel is pronounced clearly:

• e
• i
• a
• o

So you should not reduce vowels the way English often does.

Not necessarily.

Spanish present tense can have several uses, including:

• right now: The lieutenant is reviewing the report
• habitual action: The lieutenant reviews the report
• general description: The lieutenant reviews the report as part of his duties

Without more context, El teniente revisa el informe could mean either a present action happening now or a regular/habitual action.

El informe is the direct object.

It is the thing receiving the action of the verb:

• Who reviews? → el teniente
• What does he review? → el informe

So the structure is:

• subject: El teniente
• verb: revisa
• direct object: el informe

This is a very useful pattern to recognize in Spanish.