El petirrojo busca comida.

the food

Breakdown of El petirrojo busca comida.

• buscar: to look for
• el petirrojo: the robin

Questions & Answers about El petirrojo busca comida.

Why is it busca and not buscar?

Because busca is the conjugated verb form that matches the subject el petirrojo.

• buscar = the infinitive, to look for / to search for
• busca = he/she/it looks for or is looking for

Here, el petirrojo is a third-person singular subject, so Spanish uses:

• yo busco = I look for
• tú buscas = you look for
• él/ella busca = he/she looks for

So El petirrojo busca comida literally matches The robin looks for food.

Why is there no word for for in busca comida?

Because Spanish buscar already includes the idea of looking for.

In English, you say:

• look for food

But in Spanish, you simply say:

• buscar comida

So buscar does not need a separate preposition like for.

A very common learner mistake is:

• busca por comida ❌

In standard Spanish, that is not how buscar is normally used here. The correct version is:

• busca comida ✅

Why is it El petirrojo and not just petirrojo?