Documenté la rotura con fotos.

Documenté is the first-person singular preterite of documentar.

So it means I documented.

Breakdown:

• documentar = to document
• documenté = I documented

It refers to a completed action in the past, which fits well if the speaker is talking about something they already did, such as for insurance, a complaint, or a repair report.

The written accent on -é is important because it marks the stress and identifies it as the yo preterite form.

Spanish often drops subject pronouns when the verb already makes the subject clear.

In documenté, the ending -é already tells you the subject is I.

So:

• Documenté la rotura con fotos. = perfectly normal
• Yo documenté la rotura con fotos. = also correct, but more emphatic

You would include yo only if you want contrast or emphasis, for example:

• Yo documenté la rotura, no mi hermano.

La rotura is a feminine noun meaning something like the breakage, the damage, or the break.

It is commonly used for:

• a physical break
• a crack or damaged part
• something that has been broken

In practical contexts, it can refer to damage to an object, appliance, pipe, window, etc.

A learner should also know that rotura and ruptura are not always the same:

• rotura usually suggests a physical break or damage
• ruptura often means a rupture, split, or even a breakup in relationships or agreements

So in this sentence, rotura strongly suggests actual material damage.

Spanish often uses the definite article more than English does.

Here, la rotura refers to a specific instance of damage that both the speaker and listener can identify from the context.

So:

• Documenté la rotura con fotos. = I documented the damage/breakage with photos.

If you said documenté rotura, it would sound incomplete or unnatural here.

Con fotos means with photos or using photos.

Here, con expresses the means or tool used to document the damage.

So the idea is:

• I documented the breakage by means of photos
• I used photos as evidence

This is very natural in Spanish.

Because con and en do different jobs here.

• con fotos = using photos as the method or evidence
• en fotos = in photos, meaning the thing appears inside the pictures

So:

• Documenté la rotura con fotos. = I documented the damage using photos
• La rotura se ve en las fotos. = The damage can be seen in the photos

In your sentence, the focus is on the method, so con is the right choice.

This is the most neutral Spanish word order:

verb + direct object + complement

So:

• Documenté = verb
• la rotura = direct object
• con fotos = prepositional phrase showing how it was done

This order is natural and standard.

You could change it for emphasis, but the meaning would stay similar:

• La rotura la documenté con fotos.
  This puts extra focus on la rotura.

Yes, you could.

Difference:

• con fotos = with photos, in a general sense
• con unas fotos = with some photos
• con las fotos = with the photos, referring to specific photos already known in context

The version without an article, con fotos, is very natural when you mean photos simply as evidence or documentation.

It is definitely natural Spanish, especially in:

• formal contexts
• technical contexts
• insurance or legal situations
• complaints
• repair reports

So Documenté la rotura con fotos sounds very plausible in Spain, especially if someone is explaining what they did after noticing damage.

In more casual speech, people might also say:

• Hice fotos de la rotura.
• Saqué fotos de la rotura.
• Le hice fotos a la rotura.

These mean more literally I took photos of the damage, while documenté stresses the idea of recording it as evidence.

They are similar, but not identical.

• Documenté la rotura con fotos
  Focus: the purpose — creating evidence or a record

• Saqué fotos de la rotura / Hice fotos de la rotura
  Focus: the action — taking photos

So if you are reporting something to a landlord, insurer, or company, documenté la rotura con fotos sounds more purposeful and official.

The stress falls on the last syllable:

do-cu-men-TÉ

That final written accent tells you where the stress goes.

Very roughly for an English speaker:

• documenté ≈ doh-koo-men-TEH

The t and d are softer than in English, and the vowels are pure Spanish vowels, but the main thing to remember is the final stress:

• not DOCumente
• but documentÉ