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En este país sufrimos sequía en verano e inundaciones en otoño.
Meaning
In this country we suffer drought in summer and floods in autumn.
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Breakdown of En este país sufrimos sequía en verano e inundaciones en otoño.
en
in
e
and
nosotros
we
el verano
the summer
Questions & Answers about En este país sufrimos sequía en verano e inundaciones en otoño.
Why is sufrimos used here instead of something like tenemos or hay?
Sufrimos literally means “we suffer”. In Spanish it’s very common to use sufrir with negative situations, especially natural disasters or problems, even if you’re not “suffering” in a dramatic emotional sense:
- En este país sufrimos sequía.
→ In this country we suffer from drought. - Sufren muchos cortes de luz.
→ They suffer a lot of power cuts.
You could say:
- En este país tenemos sequía… – grammatically fine, but sounds a bit less natural; more like “we have drought”.
- En este país hay sequía… – “there is drought” is also correct and common.
Sufrimos adds a nuance of being negatively affected by the drought and floods, not just that they exist.
Does sufrimos mean “we (the speaker + others)” literally, or can it be a general “people in this country” like English “we”?