Breakdown of Aumentamos el presupuesto para comprar un regalo para el gerente.
un
a, an (masculine)
comprar
to buy
el regalo
the gift
para
for
el gerente
the manager
el presupuesto
the budget
aumentar
to increase
Questions & Answers about Aumentamos el presupuesto para comprar un regalo para el gerente.
Why is para used twice in this sentence, and do they mean the same thing?
Why is it para comprar and not para compramos?
In Spanish, when a verb immediately follows a preposition like para, it must stay in its infinitive (unconjugated) form. Think of para comprar directly as "in order to buy".
The translation says "We are increasing", so why isn't it estamos aumentando?
In Spanish, the simple present tense (aumentamos) is frequently used to describe ongoing actions. While you could say estamos aumentando (the present progressive), the simple present is much more common in Spanish for everyday actions than it is in English.
Could aumentamos also mean "we increased" in the past tense?
Yes! For regular -ar verbs like aumentar, the "we" form is exactly the same in the present tense and the simple past tense (preterite). You have to rely on context to know when it happened. Here, the English translation lets us know this is the present tense.
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