Breakdown of Para iniciar sesión, escribe tu usuario y tu contraseña con cuidado.
para
to
con
with
y
and
tu
your
el cuidado
the care
la contraseña
the password
el usuario
the username
iniciar sesión
to log in
escribir
to type
Questions & Answers about Para iniciar sesión, escribe tu usuario y tu contraseña con cuidado.
Is iniciar sesión the standard way to say “log in” in Spain?
Why is there a comma after Para iniciar sesión?
Because para iniciar sesión is an introductory purpose phrase (“in order to…”). Spanish usually sets off such initial elements with a comma: Para iniciar sesión, … It’s clear and standard.
What form is escribe? Is it a command?
Yes. Escribe is the affirmative imperative for tú (you, informal):
- tú: escribe / no escribas
- usted: escriba / no escriba
- vosotros: escribid / no escribáis
- ustedes: escriban / no escriban
Here it’s clearly a command.
How would I make the sentence formal (usted)?
And if I’m talking to several people in Spain (vosotros)?
Use the vosotros forms and possessives:
Why is it tu and not tú?
- tu (no accent) = possessive adjective “your”: tu usuario
- tú (with accent) = subject pronoun “you”: Tú escribes. In the sentence, you need the possessive, so it’s tu.
Does usuario here mean “user” (the person) or “username”?
Is introduce tu… more natural than escribe tu… on Spanish websites?
Could I say Para acceder instead of Para iniciar sesión?
Why aren’t there articles before usuario and contraseña?
Possessive adjectives (tu/su) replace the article:
- Correct: tu usuario, tu contraseña
- With article is wrong here: ✗ el tu usuario Without a possessive you’d use an article or another determiner:
- el nombre de usuario, la contraseña
Do I need to repeat tu before both nouns? Is tus usuario y contraseña correct?
Where does con cuidado go? Is cuidadosamente okay?
Why para and not a or por?
Para + infinitive expresses purpose (“in order to”): Para iniciar sesión, …
- a iniciar sesión is not used for purpose here.
- por indicates cause/reason, not goal.
Can/should I add en after iniciar sesión (e.g., in the app)?
Should it be reflexive: iniciarse sesión?
No. The set phrase is iniciar sesión (you start the session). You might see passive/impersonal forms in other contexts:
- Se iniciará sesión automáticamente. But as an instruction, use iniciar sesión.
Any spelling pitfalls (accents, ñ)?
- sesión has an accent on the ó.
- contraseña has ñ.
- tu (your) has no accent; tú (you) does. Also, when attaching pronouns to an affirmative command you add an accent to keep stress:
- Escríbela (write it), Escríbelas.
How is it pronounced in Spain?
What’s the usual term for “log out”?
Cerrar sesión. The pair is iniciar sesión / cerrar sesión.
Would a colon be better than a comma here in UI text?
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