La flexibilidad horaria es útil.

to be

Breakdown of La flexibilidad horaria es útil.

• útil: useful
• la flexibilidad horaria: the flexibility in working hours

Questions & Answers about La flexibilidad horaria es útil.

Why does the sentence start with la?

Because flexibilidad is a feminine singular noun, so it takes the feminine singular definite article la.

In Spanish, abstract nouns are often used with the definite article when talking about a concept in a general way. So La flexibilidad horaria means something like schedule flexibility or flexible working hours as a general idea.

If you left out la, the sentence would usually sound incomplete in normal standard Spanish.

Why is it flexibilidad and not flexible?

Because flexibilidad is a noun, while flexible is an adjective.

• flexibilidad = flexibility
• flexible = flexible

So in this sentence, Spanish is using the noun flexibility, not the adjective flexible. The structure is:

• La flexibilidad horaria = schedule flexibility / flexible hours
• es útil = is useful

Why is it horaria and not horario?