El proveedor envió el presupuesto.

to send

Breakdown of El proveedor envió el presupuesto.

• el presupuesto: the budget
• el proveedor: the supplier

Questions & Answers about El proveedor envió el presupuesto.

Why are both nouns introduced with el?

Because proveedor and presupuesto are both singular masculine nouns, and here they refer to specific things: a particular supplier and a particular estimate/quote.

Spanish usually keeps the definite article in cases where English might sometimes drop it. If the meaning were a supplier sent a quote, you would normally say Un proveedor envió un presupuesto.

What tense is envió?

Envió is the third-person singular preterite of enviar.

That means it matches él/ella/usted and describes a completed action in the past:

• yo envié
• tú enviaste
• él/ella/usted envió

So in this sentence, el proveedor envió... means the supplier sent it as a finished past action.

Why does envió have a written accent?

The accent in envió shows that the stress falls on the final syllable: en-vi-Ó.

It also helps distinguish it from envío, which can mean I send or shipment/dispatch, depending on context.

So:

• envió = he/she/it sent
• envío = I send / shipment

That accent is important.

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