Word
Llevo horas sin rebasar al pelotón, y hasta el ciclista más lento me pasó.
Meaning
I have gone hours without overtaking the peloton, and even the slowest cyclist passed me.
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Breakdown of Llevo horas sin rebasar al pelotón, y hasta el ciclista más lento me pasó.
y
and
la hora
hour
pasar
to come in / to pass / to spend / have (time)
me
to me / me (direct object)
Questions & Answers about Llevo horas sin rebasar al pelotón, y hasta el ciclista más lento me pasó.
Why is hasta used here instead of incluso to mean "even"?
In this sentence, hasta and incluso are completely interchangeable. Both mean "even" when pointing out a surprising extreme on a scale—in this case, the fact that the absolute slowest cyclist managed to pass you. hasta is very common in everyday Latin American Spanish for this meaning.
Why use llevo for "I have gone"? Doesn't llevar mean "to carry"?
While llevar literally translates to "to carry," the structure llevar + [time] + sin + [infinitive] is the standard way to express that you have gone a certain amount of time without doing something. Here, Llevo horas sin rebasar translates smoothly to "I have gone hours without overtaking."
Why is there an al (a + el) before pelotón? Isn't a peloton just a thing?
This is the "personal a." Even though a pelotón (the main pack of cyclists in a race) is a single noun, it is a collective group made up of specific people. Because this group of people is the direct object of the verb rebasar, it requires the personal a, which merges with el to form al.
The sentence uses both rebasar and pasar for passing. Is there a difference?