Revisamos el protocolo notarial.

We review the notarial protocol.

Breakdown of Revisamos el protocolo notarial.

• revisar: to check
• el protocolo notarial: the notarial protocol

Questions & Answers about Revisamos el protocolo notarial.

What form is revisamos?

Revisamos is the 1st person plural form of revisar.

It can mean either:

• present simple: we review / we check
• preterite: we reviewed / we checked

So by itself, Revisamos el protocolo notarial is ambiguous. Context tells you whether it is present or past.

For example:

• Cada lunes revisamos el protocolo notarial. = Every Monday we review the notarial record.
• Ayer revisamos el protocolo notarial. = Yesterday we reviewed the notarial record.

Why isn’t nosotros included?

Spanish often omits subject pronouns because the verb ending already shows who is doing the action.

• Revisamos already tells you it means we

So Revisamos el protocolo notarial is perfectly natural.

You could say Nosotros revisamos el protocolo notarial, but that usually adds emphasis, contrast, or clarity:

• Nosotros revisamos el protocolo notarial, no ellos.
  We review the notarial record, not them.

Why is it el protocolo notarial and not just protocolo notarial?