Breakdown of Más de la mitad de la gente no está en el registro.
de
from / of
no
no, not
en
in / on / at
estar
to be (location/state)
Questions & Answers about Más de la mitad de la gente no está en el registro.
Why is it más de here instead of más que?
Why does Spanish say la mitad (the half) instead of just mitad?
When fractions like "half", "a third", or "a quarter" are used as nouns, Spanish requires a definite article. So "half of the people" translates literally to "the half of the people" (la mitad de la gente).
Why is the verb está singular when the English translation says "people are"?
Even though "people" is plural in English, the Spanish word gente is a singular collective noun. Since it's treated as a single group, it takes a singular verb (la gente está, not la gente están).