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Learn Hardcore Spanish (Spain): La empresa adecua el horario. - The company adjusts the schedule.

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La empresa adecua el horario.

La empresa adecua el horario.

The company adjusts the schedule.

Breakdown of La empresa adecua el horario.

to adapt; to adjust

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Questions & Answers about La empresa adecua el horario.

What part of the sentence is each word?

La = the feminine singular definite article, the
empresa = company/business, the subject
adecua = the verb, adapts / adjusts / makes suitable
el = the masculine singular definite article, the
horario = schedule/timetable, the direct object

So the basic structure is:

Subject + verb + direct object

What verb is adecua, and what form is it?

Adecua is from the infinitive adecuar.

In this sentence, it is:

present indicative
3rd person singular

So it means he/she/it adapts, and here it refers to la empresa.

Why is it la empresa but el horario?

Because Spanish nouns have grammatical gender.

empresa is feminine, so it takes la
horario is masculine, so it takes el

This does not mean the company is biologically female or the schedule is biologically male. It is just how the nouns are classified in Spanish grammar.

Why are the articles la and el used here? In English we might sometimes leave out .

the

Spanish uses definite articles more often than English does.

In this sentence, la empresa and el horario sound natural because they refer to:

a specific company and schedule already known from context, or
a general statement where Spanish still prefers the article

So even where English might sometimes say something like Company adjusts schedule in a headline, normal Spanish would still usually use the articles in a full sentence.

Is el horario the direct object?

Yes.

You can ask: What does the company adapt?
Answer: el horario

That makes el horario the direct object of adecua.

Why is there no a before el horario?

Because the personal a is mainly used before specific people (and sometimes personified animals or things).

Here, el horario is a thing, not a person, so there is no personal a.

Compare:

La empresa adecua el horario. = The company adapts the schedule.
La empresa ayuda al empleado. = The company helps the employee.

In the second sentence, a + el = al because empleado is a person.

How do you pronounce adecua?

It is pronounced roughly ah-DEH-kwa.

A simple breakdown:

a
de
cua

The stress falls on de: a-DE-cua

A few pronunciation notes:

the c here sounds like k because it comes before u
cua sounds like kwa
in Spain, the d between vowels is usually soft

How do you pronounce horario? Is the h pronounced?

The h in Spanish is silent.

So horario is pronounced roughly o-RA-rio.

That means:

horario does not begin with an h sound
it starts directly with the vowel sound

This is very common in Spanish: hola, hora, hacer, hijo all have a silent h.

Could the word order be changed?

Yes, but La empresa adecua el horario is the most neutral and standard order.

Spanish often prefers: subject + verb + object

You can change the order for emphasis, but the tone changes. For example:

El horario lo adecua la empresa. = It is the schedule that the company adapts.

That version sounds more marked or emphatic.

What is the nuance of adecuar here? Is it the same as adaptar or ajustar?

They are similar, but not always identical.

adecuar = to make something suitable or appropriate
adaptar = to adapt something to new conditions or needs
ajustar = to adjust, fine-tune, or fit more precisely

So adecuar el horario suggests making the schedule suitable/appropriate for a situation.

Depending on context, all three might be possible, but adecuar often sounds a bit more like making something fit requirements or circumstances.

Could Spanish leave out the subject and just say Adecua el horario?

Yes, Spanish often omits subject pronouns, and sometimes even subject nouns if the context is clear.

So:

Adecua el horario could mean He/She/It adapts the schedule

But without context, it is less clear who is doing the action.

That is why La empresa adecua el horario is useful: it explicitly states the subject.

Why is this not se adecua?

Because this sentence uses adecuar as a transitive verb: someone adapts something.

La empresa adecua el horario.
= The company adapts the schedule.

With adecuarse, the meaning changes:

El horario se adecua a las necesidades.
= The schedule adapts / is suited to the needs.

So:

adecuar algo = to adapt something
adecuarse a algo = to adapt oneself / to be suited to something

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