El informe ya está escrito, así que puedo descansar.

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Breakdown of El informe ya está escrito, así que puedo descansar.

• estar: to be
• descansar: to rest
• poder: can

Questions & Answers about El informe ya está escrito, así que puedo descansar.

Why is it está escrito instead of es escrito?

Está escrito uses estar + past participle to describe a resulting state: the report is now in a written/finished condition.

• El informe está escrito = the report is written / has been written
• It focuses on the current state

By contrast, ser + past participle is the true passive voice and focuses more on the action:

• El informe es escrito por Ana = the report is written by Ana

That version is grammatical, but in everyday Spanish it is less natural here. In this sentence, Spanish prefers está escrito because the important idea is that the report is done.

Why is the past participle escrito and not escribido?

Because escribir has an irregular past participle:

• escribir → escrito

Many Spanish verbs form the participle regularly with -ado or -ido, but some are irregular. A few common ones are:

• hacer → hecho
• ver → visto
• poner → puesto
• romper → roto
• decir → dicho
• escribir → escrito

So escrito is the correct form.

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