Breakdown of Aunque está muy sucio, sigue sin destapar el lavamanos.
estar
to be (location/state)
sucio
dirty
muy
very
seguir
to continue
aunque
although / even though
sin
without
destapar
to unclog
el lavamanos
sink
Questions & Answers about Aunque está muy sucio, sigue sin destapar el lavamanos.
How does sigue sin destapar translate to 'is still not unclogging'?
The structure seguir sin followed by an infinitive (like destapar) is the standard way to express that a negative state is ongoing. While English says 'still not doing [something]', Spanish literally says 'to continue without doing [something]'.
Why use the indicative está instead of the subjunctive esté after Aunque?
We use the indicative está because it states a known, confirmed fact: the sink is very dirty right now. If you used the subjunctive esté, it would change the meaning to a hypothetical scenario, like 'Even if it gets very dirty' or 'Although it might be very dirty'.
Why does lavamanos end in 's' if we are only talking about one sink?
How do we know the subject of sigue is 'he' if there is no pronoun?
The verb form sigue can refer to he, she, it, or formal you (usted). The English translation uses 'he' based on implied context, but it could easily be 'she' or 'you'. Notice how Spanish naturally switches subjects mid-sentence without explicit pronouns: the sink is the subject of está, but a person is the subject of sigue.
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