Breakdown of Garantizamos la entrega siempre y cuando proporciones el pago.
y
and
cuando
when (statement)
garantizar
to guarantee
siempre que
as long as / provided that
el pago
the payment
proporcionar
to provide
la entrega
the delivery / the submission
Questions & Answers about Garantizamos la entrega siempre y cuando proporciones el pago.
Why is proporciones in the subjunctive here instead of the indicative proporcionas?
Because it follows siempre y cuando (provided that). This phrase sets a strict condition: the delivery is guaranteed only if the payment happens. In Spanish, strict conditional phrases like siempre y cuando, siempre que, and con tal de que always require the subjunctive because the action hasn't been fulfilled yet, making it a hypothetical condition.
What is the difference between siempre y cuando and just siempre que?
Both can mean "provided that" or "as long as" when followed by the subjunctive, and they are basically interchangeable in sentences like this. Siempre y cuando is just a bit more emphatic. Just remember that if you see siempre que followed by the indicative, it means something completely different: "whenever" or "every time."
The word proporciones looks like the English word "proportions". What does it mean here?
Could we use the future tense garantizaremos instead of the present tense garantizamos at the beginning?
Absolutely. It is very common to use the future tense for the main action in a conditional sentence (Garantizaremos la entrega... = We will guarantee the delivery...). Using the present tense (Garantizamos) here just makes it sound like a standing rule or a general company policy.
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