La resistencia mejora poco a poco.

to improve

Breakdown of La resistencia mejora poco a poco.

• poco a poco: little by little
• la resistencia: physical endurance

Questions & Answers about La resistencia mejora poco a poco.

Why is it la resistencia and not just resistencia?

In Spanish, abstract nouns are often used with the definite article more often than in English. So la resistencia sounds natural when talking about resistance/endurance as a general quality or capacity.

Compare:

• La paciencia es importante. = Patience is important.
• La resistencia mejora poco a poco. = Resistance/endurance improves little by little.

Leaving out la is usually not natural here.

What does resistencia mean exactly in this sentence?

Here, resistencia usually means endurance, stamina, or physical resistance, especially in a fitness, sports, or health context.

Depending on context, resistencia can also mean:

• resistance in a general sense
• opposition
• electrical resistance

But in this sentence, a learner would usually understand it as stamina/endurance.

Why is the verb mejora and not mejora with a pronoun or something like se mejora?