Breakdown of El noticiero informó que el fugitivo había robado información confidencial. Sin embargo, no lo encontraron.
no
no, not
encontrar
to find
que
that / than
lo
it / him (direct object)
sin embargo
however
robar
to steal
haber
(auxiliary) have
la información
information
informar
to report
el noticiero
the newscast
el fugitivo
the fugitive
confidencial
confidential
Questions & Answers about El noticiero informó que el fugitivo había robado información confidencial. Sin embargo, no lo encontraron.
Why use había robado instead of just robó here?
The phrase había robado is the past perfect tense. It is used here to make it crystal clear that the theft happened before the newscast reported on it. Whenever you are narrating in the past and need to refer to an event that happened even earlier, you use this tense.
What is the difference between un noticiero and una noticia?
Una noticia is a single piece of news or a specific news story. Un noticiero, on the other hand, is the news program or broadcast itself, usually on television or radio. So, a noticiero will report many different noticias.
Who exactly is the 'they' in no lo encontraron?
Just like in English, Spanish often uses the third-person plural to refer to an unspecified group of people, such as the authorities or the police in this context. This acts as an impersonal 'they', meaning the sentence focuses on the fact that he was not found rather than who specifically failed to find him.
Why do we use lo in no lo encontraron instead of le?
The pronoun lo is used because the fugitive is the direct object of the verb encontrar (he is the one receiving the action of being found). While you might hear le used for a male direct object in some parts of Spain, standard Latin American Spanish strictly uses lo for this.
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