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El aviso municipal indica que cortarán el suministro debido al calor.
Meaning
The municipal announcement indicates that they will cut the supply due to the heat.
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Breakdown of El aviso municipal indica que cortarán el suministro debido al calor.
el calor
the heat
que
that / than
cortar
to cut
indicar
to indicate
Questions & Answers about El aviso municipal indica que cortarán el suministro debido al calor.
Why is it debido al instead of debido a el?
Debido a means 'due to.' When it is followed by the masculine singular article el (the), the preposition a and the article el must combine to form the contraction al. So, 'due to the heat' becomes debido al calor.
Could I use a causa de instead of debido a in this sentence?
Who is the 'they' in cortarán (they will cut)?
This is the 'impersonal they' (third-person plural). In Spanish, it is very common to use this form when the specific people doing the action aren't important or are obvious from context. Here, cortarán refers to the utility company or city workers, much like saying 'they are cutting the power' in English.
Can I leave out the word que after indica, just like we often drop 'that' in English?