Breakdown of El electorado acudió a depositar su voto.
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el electorado
the electorate
el voto
the vote
Questions & Answers about El electorado acudió a depositar su voto.
Why is electorado singular if it refers to many people?
Because el electorado is a collective noun: it refers to the electorate as a group. In Spanish, collective nouns are usually treated as grammatically singular, so the verb is singular too:
- El electorado acudió...
- not El electorado acudieron...
This is similar to English the electorate or the public, which can also be treated as a single group.
Why does the sentence use el electorado instead of los votantes?
El electorado is a bit more formal, institutional, and collective. It refers to the body of eligible voters or the voting public as a whole.
By contrast, los votantes means the voters and focuses more directly on the individual people.
So:
- el electorado = the electorate
- los votantes = the voters
In news reports, political commentary, and formal writing, electorado is very common.
What exactly does acudió mean here?