El administrador llegó después.

In Spanish, it is very common to use the definite article with a job title or role when referring to a specific person: el administrador = the administrator.

So this sentence is talking about a particular administrator, not just any administrator.

• El administrador llegó después. = The administrator arrived later/afterwards.
• Un administrador llegó después. would mean An administrator arrived later.

Administrador is a masculine noun, and it usually refers to a male administrator. That is why it uses el.

If you were referring to a female administrator, in standard Spanish you would usually say:

• La administradora llegó después.

So the article and the noun ending both match the gender of the person being described.

Llegó is the preterite form of the verb llegar, which means to arrive.

Here it means:

• he arrived
• she arrived
• it arrived
• or the administrator arrived

Because Spanish verbs change depending on the subject, you do not need to say a subject pronoun like he.

The accent mark in llegó shows both pronunciation and meaning.

It tells you this is the third person singular preterite form of llegar:

• llego = I arrive / I am arriving
• llegó = he/she arrived

So the accent is very important. Without it, the word means something different.

Spanish often leaves out subject pronouns because the verb ending already tells you who the subject is.

In llegó, the ending -ó tells you it is he/she/it in the preterite.

Since the subject is already named as el administrador, adding él would usually be unnecessary:

• El administrador llegó después. = normal
• Él llegó después. = He arrived later
• El administrador él llegó después. = generally not how you would say it

Después means afterwards, later, or after depending on the context.

In this sentence, the most natural English translation is usually:

• The administrator arrived later.
• The administrator arrived afterwards.

It refers to happening at a later time than something already understood from the context.

Use después by itself when you mean later or afterwards in a general sense.

• El administrador llegó después. = The administrator arrived later / afterwards.

Use después de when it is followed by a noun, pronoun, or infinitive:

• después de la reunión = after the meeting
• después de comer = after eating
• después de eso = after that

So de is only needed when something comes after después.

Both are possible, but they can sound slightly different in emphasis.

• El administrador llegó después. = neutral, standard word order
• Después llegó el administrador. = puts more focus on afterwards/later

Spanish word order is more flexible than English, but the version in your sentence is the most straightforward and natural.

The preterite is used for a completed action in the past.

• llegó = arrived → a finished event

So El administrador llegó después presents the arrival as a single completed action.

If you used the imperfect, llegaba, it would sound different and less natural here unless there were a special context. The imperfect usually describes ongoing, repeated, or background actions.

Compare:

• El administrador llegó después. = he arrived later
• El administrador llegaba después. = he used to arrive later / he was arriving later

In standard Spain Spanish, llegó is pronounced approximately yeh-GO.

A rough guide:

• ll often sounds like y
• e as in a short eh
• gó has the stress because of the accent mark

So:

• llegó → yeh-GO

Depending on region, ll can sound slightly different, but for most learners yeh-GO is a good approximation.

Yes. Administrador can mean administrator, but in some contexts it may be translated differently, such as manager or person in charge, depending on what role the person has.

The best translation depends on context:

• in an office or institution: administrator
• in some business contexts: possibly manager or admin person

But if you are learning the basic vocabulary, administrator is the safest default meaning.

Grammatically, yes, but it does not mean exactly the same thing in all contexts.

• El administrador llegó después. = simple past, completed event
• El administrador ha llegado después. = present perfect

In Spain Spanish, the present perfect is often used for recent past actions connected to the present, especially with time expressions related to today or the current period. But with después, the simple past llegó is very natural and common.

So for a basic past statement, llegó después is the better choice here.

Yes.

You can say:

• Después llegó el administrador.

This means essentially the same thing, but it emphasizes afterwards/later first.

So both are correct:

• El administrador llegó después.
• Después llegó el administrador.

The difference is mainly one of emphasis and style.