El impago está en el acta.

The missed payment is in the record.

Breakdown of El impago está en el acta.

• en: in
• estar: to be
• el acta: the official meeting record
• el impago: the missed payment

Questions & Answers about El impago está en el acta.

What kind of word is impago here?

Here impago is being used as a noun, not just as part of a description.

In formal or legal Spanish, impago often means:

• non-payment
• an unpaid debt
• a failure to pay

So in this sentence, it refers to the fact of something not having been paid, or to the unpaid amount/debt itself, depending on context.

Why is it el impago and not just impago?

Spanish normally uses an article much more often than English does, especially with nouns that are the subject of the sentence.

So el impago is the natural way to say it here.

Compare:

• El impago está en el acta. = natural
• Impago está en el acta. = not natural in normal Spanish

Even when English might say something like Non-payment is in the record, Spanish usually wants the article: El impago...

Why is it está and not es?