Word
El público rompió la valla; encima, el guardia no hizo nada.
Meaning
The audience broke the barrier; on top of that, the guard did nothing.
Part of speech
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Breakdown of El público rompió la valla; encima, el guardia no hizo nada.
no
no, not
hacer
to do / to make
romper
to break
nada
nothing
Questions & Answers about El público rompió la valla; encima, el guardia no hizo nada.
Why use encima here instead of just y or además?
While además (besides) just adds information, encima (literally "on top") acts as an escalator. It translates to "on top of that" or "to make matters worse." It emphasizes that the second action (el guardia no hizo nada) makes the first bad situation (el público rompió la valla) even more frustrating or outrageous.
El público refers to a lot of people. Why is the verb rompió singular?
El público is a collective noun. In Spanish, words that refer to a group as a single unit—like el público (the audience), la gente (the people), or la familia (the family)—take singular verbs. That is why we use rompió instead of the plural rompieron.
Why is it el guardia if the word ends in -a?
Why does the sentence say no hizo nada instead of just hizo nada?