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Mezcle el aceite y la sal aquí.

Mezcle el aceite y la sal aquí.
Mix the oil and the salt here.
From Lesson 67:Affirmative commands·Spanish (Latin America)

Breakdown of Mezcle el aceite y la sal aquí.

y
and
aquí
here
mezclar
to mix
el aceite
the oil
la sal
the salt

Questions & Answers about Mezcle el aceite y la sal aquí.

Why does mezcle end in an -e? Isn't the verb mezclar?
Yes, the infinitive is mezclar (an -ar verb). In this lesson, we are learning the imperative (command) form. To give a formal command to someone you address as usted, -ar verbs swap their usual vowel for an -e. So, telling someone politely to mix something becomes mezcle.
How would I say this to a friend instead of someone I address as usted?
To give an informal command to someone you address as tú, you simply use the regular third-person singular form of the verb (the same form used for he/she/it). For mezclar, that is mezcla. So to a friend, you would say: Mezcla el aceite y la sal aquí.
Why is it la sal? It doesn't end in -a.
While most words ending in -a are feminine and most ending in -o are masculine, words ending in consonants don't have a strict rule. Sal (salt) happens to be feminine, which is why it takes the feminine article la. It is best to just memorize it as a pair: la sal.
Is aceite masculine because it ends in -e?
Words ending in -e can actually be either masculine or feminine. Aceite (oil) is masculine, so it uses el. Just like with la sal, whenever you learn a word that doesn't end in -a or -o, it is a great habit to memorize it with its article (el aceite) so you never forget its gender.

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