Breakdown of Nadie quiere reprobar, vuelve a leer las instrucciones.
leer
to read
a
to
querer
to want
nadie
no one
reprobar
to fail
la instrucción
instruction
volver
to do again (volver a + infinitive)
Questions & Answers about Nadie quiere reprobar, vuelve a leer las instrucciones.
How does vuelve a leer translate to "read... again"?
This sentence uses the structure volver a followed by an infinitive verb (here, leer). Instead of using a separate word for "again," Spanish uses the verb volver (to return) plus a to show that an action is being repeated. It literally means "to return to read," which translates naturally to "to read again."
Is vuelve being used as a command here?
Yes! The speaker is directly telling someone to read the instructions again. This is the affirmative informal command (for tú). Remember that for regular and stem-changing verbs like volver (which changes from o to ue), the affirmative tú command looks exactly like the él/ella/usted present tense form: vuelve.
I thought Spanish used double negatives. Why is there no no before quiere?
You only need a double negative if the negative word comes after the verb (for example, No quiere reprobar nadie). Because nadie (nobody) is placed right before the verb in this sentence, the no is dropped.
Does reprobar mean "to reprove"?
No, this is a false friend! In Latin American Spanish, reprobar is commonly used in academic contexts to mean "to fail" a test, an exam, or a class. If you want to say someone passed, you would use its opposite, aprobar.
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