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A mi hermana le tranquiliza hacer un cálculo aproximado antes de buscar la respuesta exacta.
Meaning
My sister feels reassured by doing an approximate calculation before looking for the exact answer.
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Breakdown of A mi hermana le tranquiliza hacer un cálculo aproximado antes de buscar la respuesta exacta.
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Questions & Answers about A mi hermana le tranquiliza hacer un cálculo aproximado antes de buscar la respuesta exacta.
Why does the sentence use both A mi hermana and le? Don’t they both mean to my sister?
Yes, they both point to the same person, but they play different roles in Spanish grammar.
- A mi hermana is the full indirect object phrase.
- le is the indirect object pronoun that Spanish normally uses with it.
This is very common in Spanish and is called clitic doubling. In sentences like this, Spanish often includes both:
- A mi hermana le tranquiliza...
- literally: To my sister, it calms her...
In natural English, that sounds repetitive, but in Spanish it is normal and often preferred.
If you removed A mi hermana, the sentence would still work:
- Le tranquiliza hacer un cálculo aproximado...
- It reassures her to make an approximate calculation...
But then we would only know from context who le refers to.
Why is le used instead of la?