Breakdown of En resumen, el acuerdo es importante.
Questions & Answers about En resumen, el acuerdo es importante.
En resumen is a fixed expression meaning in summary, to sum up, or in short. It introduces a conclusion or brief restatement.
In this sentence, it works like a discourse marker: it helps connect this statement to what was said before.
Examples:
- En resumen, el acuerdo es importante.
- En resumen, no podemos aceptar la propuesta.
The comma is used because En resumen is an introductory phrase. In Spanish, short linking expressions like this are often separated from the main sentence with a comma.
Other similar examples:
- Por ejemplo, hoy no puedo.
- Sin embargo, tienen razón.
- En general, todo salió bien.
You may sometimes see variation in informal writing, but the comma is standard here.
In Spanish, nouns are very often used with an article, much more often than in English. So el acuerdo means the agreement.
Using acuerdo without an article would usually sound incomplete in a sentence like this.
Compare:
- El acuerdo es importante. = The agreement is important.
- Un acuerdo es importante. = An agreement is important.
So the article helps specify whether you mean the agreement or an agreement.