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No debemos interferir el uno con el otro durante el saque.

No debemos interferir el uno con el otro durante el saque.
We should not interfere with each other during the serve.
From Lesson 382:Reciprocal actions (el uno al otro)·Spanish (Latin America)

Breakdown of No debemos interferir el uno con el otro durante el saque.

no
no, not
con
with
uno
one
otro
other
deber
must / should
durante
during
interferir
to interfere
el saque
the serve

Questions & Answers about No debemos interferir el uno con el otro durante el saque.

Why does the preposition con go in the middle of el uno and el otro?
When a reciprocal action uses a preposition like con, de, or a, Spanish places that preposition immediately before el otro. Therefore, "with each other" becomes el uno con el otro.
Why is there no reciprocal pronoun like nos here, such as no nos debemos interferir?
You usually need nos when an action is done directly to each other. Here, interferir connects to the other person using the preposition con rather than a direct object. Because of this structure, the nos is dropped, and we rely entirely on el uno con el otro to express "each other".
If two female players are speaking, does the phrase change?
Yes! The phrase must agree in gender and number with the people involved. Two women would say la una con la otra. If it were a group of three or more people, they would use the plural, like los unos con los otros.
How does el saque mean "the serve"?
It is the noun form of the verb sacar. While sacar usually means "to take out," it is the standard verb for serving the ball in sports like tennis and volleyball.

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