La música calma el cansancio por la noche.

the night

Breakdown of La música calma el cansancio por la noche.

• la música: the music
• .: period (punctuation mark)
• por: at

Questions & Answers about La música calma el cansancio por la noche.

Why does the sentence use la música instead of just música?

In Spanish, when you talk about something in a general sense (music as a concept), you usually use the definite article:

• La música = music in general
• La gente, el vino, el amor, etc. (people, wine, love in general)

Saying just música calma el cansancio is not wrong, but it sounds less natural and a bit incomplete in standard Spanish from Spain.

So la música here means “music (in general) calms tiredness at night.”

Why is música feminine (why la and not el música)?

Most nouns ending in -a are feminine in Spanish, and música follows that pattern:

• la música
• la casa
• la silla

There are exceptions (like el día, el mapa), but música is a regular feminine noun, so it takes la.

What form of the verb is calma, and why is it used here?