Tal vez cancelen el viaje por la advertencia.
Maybe they will cancel the trip because of the warning.
Breakdown of Tal vez cancelen el viaje por la advertencia.
el viaje
the trip
por
for / by / through / in/during (part of the day)
cancelar
to cancel
tal vez
perhaps / maybe
Questions & Answers about Tal vez cancelen el viaje por la advertencia.
Why is the verb cancelen in the subjunctive instead of the normal present tense cancelan?
Phrases like tal vez (maybe) and quizás (perhaps) express doubt or probability. In Spanish, we use the subjunctive (cancelen) after these phrases when we feel uncertain about the outcome. You actually could use the indicative (cancelan) if you felt very certain they were going to cancel it, but the subjunctive is the most natural choice when you are just making a guess.
The English translation says "will cancel", but isn't cancelen the present tense?
Exactly! Cancelen is the present subjunctive. In Spanish, the present subjunctive is regularly used to talk about future events that are doubtful or uncertain. You don't need a specific future tense here; the present subjunctive after tal vez perfectly covers the idea of "maybe they will" do something.
Why does this sentence use por instead of para for "because of"?
Who is "they" in this sentence if there's no pronoun like ellos?