Breakdown of Se sabe que el banco está hackeado.
estar
to be (location/state)
el banco
the bank
saber
to know (facts) / to hear from (someone)
que
that / than
se
(impersonal) one / passive marker
hackear
to hack
Questions & Answers about Se sabe que el banco está hackeado.
Why does this sentence use está hackeado instead of es hackeado?
This is the state passive (pasiva de resultado). We use estar + past participle to describe the result of an action or a current state. The hacking already happened, and now the bank is in a compromised state. If you used es hackeado, it would mean the bank is actively being hacked right now or is repeatedly hacked by someone.
How does se sabe work here, and who is the subject?
This uses the impersonal se (often called the passive se in this context). There is no specific person doing the knowing. It translates to the English passive It is known or the general People know. It focuses entirely on the fact being known rather than who knows it.
Why is está in the indicative mood instead of the subjunctive after que?
The phrase se sabe que declares a certainty or an established fact. Because it expresses certainty rather than doubt, denial, or a subjective emotion, the following verb está remains in the indicative. If the sentence were negative, like no se sabe que, it would trigger the subjunctive.
Is hackeado considered standard Spanish vocabulary?
Yes, it is an accepted and extremely common anglicism in Latin America. English technology terms are frequently adapted into Spanish by adding an -ar ending, creating the verb hackear. To form the state passive here, it simply takes the regular -ado past participle ending and acts as an adjective agreeing with the masculine, singular el banco.
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