Word
El electorado consultó el censo electoral.
Meaning
The electorate checked the electoral register.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Breakdown of El electorado consultó el censo electoral.
consultar
to check
el electorado
the electorate
el censo electoral
the electoral register
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Questions & Answers about El electorado consultó el censo electoral.
What does electorado mean exactly? Is it one person or many people?
Electorado means the electorate: the body of people who are allowed to vote.
It refers to many people, but grammatically it is treated as a singular collective noun in Spanish. That is why the verb is singular:
- El electorado consultó... = The electorate checked/consulted...
So even though it represents lots of voters, Spanish treats el electorado as one collective group.
Why is there el before both electorado and censo electoral?
Spanish often uses the definite article el / la / los / las more often than English does.
Here:
- el electorado = the electorate
- el censo electoral = the electoral register / voter roll
In this sentence, both are specific nouns, so the definite article is natural and expected.
Why is the verb consultó in that form?