La capacidad testamentaria afecta a la disposición testamentaria.

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Breakdown of La capacidad testamentaria afecta a la disposición testamentaria.

• afectar: to affect
• la capacidad testamentaria: testamentary capacity
• la disposición testamentaria: the testamentary disposition

Questions & Answers about La capacidad testamentaria afecta a la disposición testamentaria.

What does testamentaria mean here?

Testamentaria is an adjective meaning relating to a will or testamentary.

So:

• capacidad testamentaria = testamentary capacity
• disposición testamentaria = testamentary disposition / provision made in a will

It appears twice because it is describing two different legal nouns: capacidad and disposición.

Why is it la capacidad and la disposición? Why do both nouns have la?

Both capacidad and disposición are feminine singular nouns, so they take la.

• la capacidad
• la disposición

In Spanish, articles are used more often than in English, especially in formal or general statements. So even where English might sometimes omit the, Spanish often keeps it.

Why does testamentaria come after the noun instead of before it?

In Spanish, adjectives usually come after the noun they describe.

So:

• capacidad testamentaria
• disposición testamentaria

This is the normal order for a classification-type adjective, especially in formal or technical language. It is basically saying the capacity related to wills and the disposition related to wills.

Putting testamentaria before the noun would sound unusual here.