Breakdown of El filtro provisto no solo mejora el sabor, sino también el aroma.
no
no, not
también
also
mejorar
to improve
el sabor
flavor
solo
only
sino
but (rather)
el aroma
the aroma
el filtro
filter
proveer
to provide (supplies, goods)
Questions & Answers about El filtro provisto no solo mejora el sabor, sino también el aroma.
Why does this sentence use provisto instead of proveído for 'provided'?
The verb proveer (to provide) has two valid past participles: the regular proveído and the irregular provisto. When used as an adjective describing a noun, like it is here describing el filtro, the irregular provisto is heavily preferred. If you were forming a perfect tense (like 'we have provided'), both hemos proveído and hemos provisto are accepted, though provisto is more common in most regions.
Why do we use sino instead of pero for 'but' in this sentence?
This sentence uses the paired structure no solo... sino también... which means 'not only... but also...'. You use sino instead of pero because the first part of the sentence contains a negative phrase (no solo). Sino is the correct word for 'but' when you are contrasting, correcting, or adding to a preceding negative statement.
Why is it el aroma when the word ends in '-a'?
Like el problema, el idioma, and el clima, aroma is a masculine noun despite ending in '-a'. Many of these nouns ending in '-ma' come from Greek and keep their masculine gender in Spanish. Therefore, it requires the masculine article el.
Why doesn't solo have an accent mark if it means 'only' here?
In the past, the standard rule was to write sólo with an accent when it meant 'only' to distinguish it from the adjective solo (alone). However, the Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) updated the rules to state the accent is no longer required unless there is confusing ambiguity. You will still see some native speakers write sólo, but the unaccented solo used in this sentence is the current standard.
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