Breakdown of La puntuación aparece en la pantalla.
en
in
la pantalla
the screen
aparecer
to appear
la puntuación
the score awarded by judges
Questions & Answers about La puntuación aparece en la pantalla.
Why is it la puntuación? What exactly does puntuación mean here?
Puntuación can mean different things depending on context. Two very common meanings are:
- score / points
- punctuation
In a sentence like La puntuación aparece en la pantalla, it often means the score or the points tally appears on the screen.
It is feminine, so it takes la. A useful pattern is that many nouns ending in -ción are feminine: la información, la canción, la situación, la puntuación.
Why is there la before both nouns?
Spanish uses the definite article the more often than English does.
So:
- la puntuación = the score
- la pantalla = the screen
In English, you might sometimes say just Score appears on screen in certain contexts, but Spanish normally sounds more natural with the articles: La puntuación aparece en la pantalla.
What tense is aparece?