Breakdown of El director acepta el homenaje por lograr el triunfo y la nominación.
y
and
lograr
to achieve
por
for / by / through / in/during (part of the day)
el director
the director
aceptar
to accept
el homenaje
the tribute
el triunfo
the triumph
la nominación
the nomination
Questions & Answers about El director acepta el homenaje por lograr el triunfo y la nominación.
Could I say por haber logrado instead of por lograr here?
Yes, absolutely. Because the achievement happened before he accepted the tribute, you can use the perfect infinitive (por haber logrado, meaning "for having achieved") to emphasize that the action is completed. However, using por + simple infinitive (por lograr) is a very common abbreviation to express a cause or reason, even for past events, when the context makes the timeline obvious.
English says "for achieving" with an "-ing" verb. Why doesn't Spanish use the gerund (por logrando)?
In Spanish, prepositions are always followed by the infinitive form of a verb, never the gerund (the -ando or -iendo form). Even though English uses the "-ing" form after prepositions, you must stick to the infinitive in Spanish: por lograr.
What would happen if I used para instead of por in this sentence?
It would completely change the meaning. Por indicates the cause or reason for the tribute (he receives it because he achieved something). If you used para lograr, it would express purpose (in order to achieve), implying the director is accepting the tribute as a strategic move to win a future triumph and nomination!
Why does the sentence say el triunfo y la nominación instead of just el triunfo y nominación?
Unlike in English, where you can often group nouns under a single "the," Spanish generally requires you to repeat the definite article before each noun in a list. This is strictly required when the nouns have different genders, as is the case here with el triunfo (masculine) and la nominación (feminine).
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