Learn Spanish (Latin America): Es que tengo cada vez más adicción a la vida digital. - The thing is, I'm getting more and more addicted to digital life.

Es que tengo cada vez más adicción a la vida digital.

The thing is, I'm getting more and more addicted to digital life.

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How is cada vez más used in this sentence?

Cada vez más means "more and more" or "increasingly." In this lesson, you are learning that it can modify nouns, adjectives, or adverbs. Here, it is placed directly before the noun adicción to show that the amount of addiction is gradually increasing: "more and more addiction."

Why does the Spanish use tengo ... adicción (I have addiction) when the English translation says "I'm getting ... addicted"?

Just like with hunger (tener hambre) or fear (tener miedo), Spanish often expresses states using tener (to have) plus a noun, where English uses "to be" or "to get" plus an adjective. While you could say me estoy haciendo cada vez más adicto (I am getting more and more addicted), saying tengo cada vez más adicción (I have more and more addiction) is a very natural phrasing.

What does Es que mean at the start of the sentence?

Es que is a very common conversational opener. It translates roughly to "The thing is..." or "It's just that..." Native speakers use it all the time to introduce an explanation, a reason, or a mild excuse.

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