Learn Spanish (Latin America): Rastreamos el envío escaneando el código.

Rastreamos el envío escaneando el código.

We track the shipment scanning the code.

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Questions & Answers about Rastreamos el envío escaneando el código.

Why doesn't the sentence use a word for "by" before escaneando?

In Spanish, the gerund (the form ending in -ando or -iendo) can stand alone to explain the method used to do something. While English typically says "by scanning," Spanish just uses the gerund escaneando without needing a preposition like por.

Is rastreamos in the present tense or the past tense?

It could be either! For regular -ar verbs, the nosotros (we) form is identical in the present tense (we track) and the preterite past tense (we tracked). You would rely on the context of the conversation to know when this happened.

I recognize envío as "I send". Why is it translated as "shipment" here?

While envío is indeed the "yo" (I) form of the verb enviar, it is also a noun meaning "the shipment" or "the delivery." You can tell it is acting as a noun in this sentence because it follows the definite article el (the).

Why does envío have an accent mark on the i?

The accent mark breaks what would normally be a single syllable combining the weak vowel i and the strong vowel o. By putting an accent on the i, it forces the word to be pronounced as en-VEE-o, separating the vowels into distinct syllables.