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El ganador avanza a la última casilla.

El ganador avanza a la última casilla.
The winner advances to the last square.
From Lesson 406:Immediate action (nada más)·Spanish (Latin America)

Questions & Answers about El ganador avanza a la última casilla.

Why is última placed before casilla instead of after it?
In Spanish, adjectives that limit, count, or sequence a noun almost always go before it. Because último indicates an order in a sequence rather than a descriptive trait like color or size, placing it before the noun is the standard and natural-sounding choice.
Why use casilla here instead of cuadrado for 'square'?
Cuadrado refers strictly to the geometric shape. Casilla refers to a square or space on a game board, or a box you check on a form. Since a ganador (winner) is advancing, the sentence is talking about a board game.
Does the verb avanzar always require the preposition a?
It requires a when indicating the specific destination being moved toward, just like 'to' in English. If you were advancing 'through' a level, you would use por, and if you were just making general progress without a destination, you wouldn't need a preposition at all.
How can I use this lesson's topic (nada más + infinitive) to say 'As soon as they win, the winner advances to the last square'?
You can add it to the beginning of the sentence like this: Nada más ganar, el ganador avanza a la última casilla. Using nada más directly followed by the infinitive ganar is a very natural Latin American way to express that an action happens immediately after another.

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