Breakdown of Es que necesitamos disminuir nuestra adicción, porque es cada vez más peligrosa.
ser
to be
necesitar
to need
nuestro
our
porque
because
peligroso
dangerous
que
that / than
más
more
la vez
the time / the occasion
cada
each / every
la adicción
the addiction
disminuir
to decrease
Questions & Answers about Es que necesitamos disminuir nuestra adicción, porque es cada vez más peligrosa.
How does cada vez más translate to "getting increasingly" here?
Cada vez más literally means "each time more." It is the standard way in Spanish to express that a quality is increasing gradually over time, just like "increasingly" or "more and more" in English. Here, it modifies peligrosa (dangerous), which ends in an "a" to match the feminine noun adicción.
Why does this sentence start with Es que?
Es que is a very common conversational opener used to introduce an explanation, a reason, or an excuse. It translates perfectly to "The thing is..." or "It's just that..." in English.
The translation says it is getting dangerous. Why does the Spanish just use es instead of a verb of change like ponerse or estar?
Being dangerous (peligroso) is typically treated as a core characteristic in Spanish, so it naturally pairs with the verb ser (es). You don't need to add a special verb for "getting" or "becoming" because the phrase cada vez más already communicates that the danger is changing and growing over time.
Why isn't there a word for "it" before es cada vez más peligrosa?
In Spanish, subject pronouns for "it" are almost always dropped. Because the sentence just mentioned nuestra adicción (our addiction), it's completely clear what the verb es is referring to, so an extra pronoun is not needed.
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