Breakdown of Restablecen la contraseña y te transfieren.
y
and
te
to you / you (direct object)
la contraseña
password
transferir
to transfer
restablecer
to reset
Questions & Answers about Restablecen la contraseña y te transfieren.
Why is there no pronoun like Ellos before Restablecen?
In Spanish, using the third-person plural without a subject pronoun is the standard way to express an unspecified agent. If you added Ellos, it would sound like you are referring to a specific group of people previously mentioned. Leaving it out perfectly captures the vague English impersonal 'they' used for customer service or administration.
Why does transferir change to transfieren here?
Transferir is an e-to-ie stem-changing verb in the present tense. It is easy to forget the stem change on longer verbs, but just like querer becomes quieren, the second 'e' in transferir changes to 'ie' in the third-person plural.
Why is the pronoun te placed after the y instead of at the beginning of the sentence?
Object pronouns must go immediately before the specific conjugated verb they are attached to. Here, te (you) is the direct object of transfieren (they transfer), not restablecen (they reset). Placing it right before the second verb makes it clear who is being transferred.
Is restablecer the only way to say reset in Spanish?
Restablecer (literally to re-establish) is the standard, formal term for resetting passwords or electronic devices. In casual conversation in Latin America, you will also frequently hear the Spanglish verb resetear, making the impersonal form resetean, but restablecen is the most universally correct choice.
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