Questions & Answers about Lo leímos en el titular de hoy.
How can I turn this into a cleft sentence to emphasize that we read it in today's headline?
Wait, isn't leímos present tense?
It can be! For nosotros (we), regular -er and -ir verbs have the exact same form in the present tense and the preterite (simple past) tense. You have to rely on context to know the difference. Since finding something in a news headline usually describes a completed discovery, the past tense makes the most sense here.
Why use titular for "headline" instead of título?
While título is the general word for the "title" of a book, movie, or song, titular is the specific vocabulary word used for the "headline" of a news article or newspaper.
Why do we say de hoy instead of having a specific adjective for "today's"?
Spanish doesn't have an equivalent to the English possessive apostrophe-s (like in "today's"). To link a noun to a specific day or time, you use de (of) plus the time expression. So, "today's headline" literally becomes "the headline of today" (el titular de hoy).