El administrador va a delegar la reparación.

to go

Breakdown of El administrador va a delegar la reparación.

• a: to
• el administrador: the property administrator
• la reparación: the repair

Questions & Answers about El administrador va a delegar la reparación.

Why does the sentence use va a delegar instead of just delega or delegará?

Va a + infinitive is a very common way to talk about the near future in Spanish. Here, va a delegar means is going to delegate / will delegate.

• delega = delegates / is delegating depending on context
• va a delegar = is going to delegate
• delegará = will delegate

Both va a delegar and delegará can refer to the future, but ir a + infinitive often sounds a bit more immediate or conversational. In everyday Spanish, especially in speech, it is extremely common.

What is the function of the a in va a delegar?

That a is part of the future structure ir a + infinitive.

So:

• va = he/she goes
• a delegar = to delegate

But together, va a delegar does not literally mean goes to delegate in the movement sense. It is a grammatical future expression meaning is going to delegate.

This is one of the most important beginner structures in Spanish:

• Voy a estudiar = I’m going to study
• Vamos a salir = We’re going to go out
• El administrador va a delegar = The administrator is going to delegate

Why is it el administrador?