Revisamos el descarte de masa madre.

Revisamos comes from the verb revisar.

In a sentence by itself, revisamos can mean either:

• we check / we review (present tense)
• we checked / we reviewed (preterite)

So the exact meaning depends on context.

In this kind of practical or instructional sentence, revisamos often means something like:

• we check
• let’s check
• we’re checking

Also, revisar often means to inspect, check, look over, not just to study again like English review can.

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

• revisamos = we check / we checked

So nosotros revisamos is possible, but usually unnecessary unless you want emphasis or contrast.

For example:

• Nosotros revisamos el descarte, no ellos.
  We check the discard, not them.

In a normal sentence, just Revisamos... sounds natural.

Because revisar is an -ar verb, and -amos is the ending for nosotros in both:

• the present tense
• the preterite for regular -ar verbs

So:

• revisar → revisamos

That is why this form is ambiguous without context.

A quick mini-pattern:

• yo reviso
• tú revisas
• él/ella revisa
• nosotros revisamos
• vosotros revisáis
• ellos revisan

And in the preterite:

• yo revisé
• tú revisaste
• él/ella revisó
• nosotros revisamos
• vosotros revisasteis
• ellos revisaron

Descarte literally comes from the idea of discarding or what is discarded.

In baking, especially with sourdough, el descarte de masa madre means the portion of the sourdough starter that you remove instead of feeding and keeping all of it.

So here descarte is a noun, not a verb.

That can feel unusual to an English speaker, because English often says sourdough discard, where discard also functions as a noun.

Because descarte is a masculine noun in Spanish, so it takes el.

• el descarte

This is something you usually have to learn with the noun. The ending -e does not automatically tell you the gender.

Other examples of masculine nouns ending in -e:

• el aceite
• el nombre
• el puente

So the article here is just showing the noun’s grammatical gender.

Masa madre is the standard Spanish term for sourdough starter.

Literally, it means something like mother dough, but you should understand it as a fixed baking term.

So:

• masa madre = sourdough starter
• descarte de masa madre = sourdough discard

In Spain, masa madre is the normal and natural expression.

Spanish often uses de to link nouns where English might use another noun directly.

English says:

• sourdough discard

Spanish usually prefers:

• descarte de masa madre

That de means of or from, but in natural English you would not always translate it literally.

This same pattern is very common:

• taza de café = cup of coffee
• libro de historia = history book
• descarte de masa madre = sourdough discard

So de is the normal way to connect discard and sourdough starter here.

In many contexts, revisar is better understood as:

• check
• inspect
• look over
• go over

It can mean review, but not always in the academic sense of study again.

In this sentence, if you are talking about baking or a process, revisamos most naturally sounds like:

• we check the sourdough discard
• let’s look at the sourdough discard
• we go over the sourdough discard

So yes, revisar is natural, but the best English translation often depends on context.

Yes. In real usage, Revisamos el descarte de masa madre can sound like:

• a simple statement: We check the sourdough discard
• a step in a demonstration: Now we check the sourdough discard
• a slightly inclusive instructional style: Let’s check the sourdough discard

Spanish often uses the nosotros form in explanations, tutorials, recipes, and demonstrations in a way that feels natural and inclusive.

So depending on context, it may sound less like a literal we and more like the speaker guiding the listener through a process.

A simple pronunciation guide is:

reh-bee-SAH-mos el dehs-KAR-teh deh MAH-sah MAH-dreh

A few useful points for Spain Spanish:

• revisamos is stressed on sa: re-vi-SA-mos
• descarte is stressed on car: des-CAR-te
• madre is stressed on ma: MA-dre

In much of Spain, the c in descarte is pronounced like a th sound before e or i, but here it is before a, so it is a normal k sound.

Yes, but the given order is the most neutral and natural:

• Revisamos el descarte de masa madre.

Spanish word order is fairly flexible, but changing it usually adds emphasis or sounds less neutral.

For example:

• El descarte de masa madre lo revisamos.
  This emphasizes the sourdough discard.

For a normal textbook or instructional sentence, the original order is the best choice.