No entiendo lo de la puntuación del jurado.

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Breakdown of No entiendo lo de la puntuación del jurado.

• del: of
• entender: to understand
• no: not

Questions & Answers about No entiendo lo de la puntuación del jurado.

Why is it no entiendo and not no comprendo?

Both are possible, but entender is more common in everyday spoken Spanish for to understand.

• No entiendo... = the most natural everyday choice
• No comprendo... = also correct, but can sound a bit more formal, emphatic, or literary depending on context

So in normal conversation, a Spanish speaker from Spain would very often say No entiendo....

What does lo de mean here?

Lo de is a very common Spanish structure used to refer vaguely to that thing about..., the matter of..., or what’s going on with... something.

So:

• lo de la puntuación = the thing about the scoring
• No entiendo lo de la puntuación del jurado = I don’t understand the thing about the jury’s scoring

It often appears when the speaker does not want to name the issue in a very precise or technical way.

Compare:

• No entiendo la puntuación del jurado = I don’t understand the jury’s score/scoring
• No entiendo lo de la puntuación del jurado = I don’t understand that whole scoring thing with the jury

The version with lo de sounds a bit more conversational and slightly less direct.

Why is it lo de la puntuación and not just de la puntuación?