El rasguño en la mano no es nada serio.

The scratch on the hand is nothing serious.

Breakdown of El rasguño en la mano no es nada serio.

• ser: to be
• en: on
• nada: nothing
• no: not

Questions & Answers about El rasguño en la mano no es nada serio.

Why is it el rasguño and not just rasguño?

Spanish usually uses the definite article more often than English.

Here, el rasguño means the scratch. In a full sentence, Spanish normally prefers the article when talking about a specific thing that exists in the situation.

So:

• El rasguño en la mano... = The scratch on the hand...
• Saying just Rasguño en la mano... would sound incomplete in normal speech.

What exactly does rasguño mean?

Rasguño means scratch: a small mark or injury on the skin caused by something scraping it.

It is a masculine noun:

• el rasguño
• un rasguño

Related words:

• rasguñar = to scratch
• un arañazo = another common word for scratch, often a bit stronger depending on context

Why does it say en la mano instead of de la mano?