El permiso retribuido empieza mañana.

The paid leave starts tomorrow.

Breakdown of El permiso retribuido empieza mañana.

• mañana: tomorrow
• empezar: to start
• el permiso retribuido: the paid leave

Questions & Answers about El permiso retribuido empieza mañana.

What does permiso retribuido mean exactly?

In Spain, permiso retribuido is a common work-related expression meaning paid leave or paid time off.

• permiso = leave / permission
• retribuido = paid / remunerated

In workplace Spanish, permiso retribuido usually refers to a period when an employee is allowed to be absent from work and still receives pay.

Why is it el permiso and not just permiso?

Spanish often uses the definite article more than English does.

Here, el permiso means the leave or the paid leave, referring to a specific leave period already known in the situation.

Compare:

• El permiso retribuido empieza mañana. = The paid leave starts tomorrow.
• Tengo permiso retribuido. = I have paid leave.

So the article is natural here because the sentence talks about a specific leave entitlement or period.

Why does retribuido come after permiso?

In Spanish, adjectives often come after the noun.

So:

• permiso retribuido = paid leave

This is the normal order for a descriptive adjective in this kind of formal expression.

Putting the adjective after the noun is especially common when the adjective is classifying the noun rather than adding emotion or emphasis.