Breakdown of El acróbata fuerte llegó al límite y hasta lloró.
y
and
al
to the
llegar
to arrive
llorar
to cry
fuerte
strong / loudly
el acróbata
the acrobat
el límite
the limit
hasta
even (up to)
Questions & Answers about El acróbata fuerte llegó al límite y hasta lloró.
I thought hasta meant 'until'. How does it mean 'even' here?
Hasta usually acts as a preposition meaning 'until' or 'up to' (like in the phrase hasta mañana). However, it is also frequently used as an adverb meaning 'even' to express surprise or highlight an extreme action. You can tell by context: if it meant 'until he cried' here, it would need to be hasta que lloró.
Could I use incluso instead of hasta in this sentence?
What is the difference between hasta lloró and hasta que lloró?
Hasta lloró uses hasta as an adverb, meaning 'he even cried'. If you add the word que, you turn it into a time expression: hasta que lloró means 'until he cried'.
Why is the masculine article El used with acróbata, which ends in -a?
Acróbata is a two-gender word, meaning the noun itself doesn't change whether you are talking about a man or a woman. You just change the article. If the acrobat were a woman, it would be la acróbata. Words for professions or roles ending in -ta or -ista (like el dentista or la atleta) usually follow this rule.
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