El perito evaluó el daño.

the insurance assessor

Breakdown of El perito evaluó el daño.

• el daño: the damage
• evaluar: to assess

Questions & Answers about El perito evaluó el daño.

What does perito mean exactly in Spanish?

Perito means an expert or specialist, often someone who gives a professional assessment.

In Spain, it is commonly used for:

• an insurance assessor / loss adjuster
• a court expert / expert witness
• a technical expert who evaluates damage, evidence, or value

So in this sentence, el perito is not just any expert in a general sense, but usually a professional whose job is to assess something formally.

Why does the sentence use el before perito?

El is the masculine singular definite article, meaning the.

So:

• el perito = the expert
• el daño = the damage

Spanish uses definite articles more often than English in some contexts, but here it matches English quite directly.

Why is it evaluó and not evalúo or evalua?