Breakdown of El informe confirma una intoxicación alimentaria debido a la carne.
una
a, an (feminine)
la carne
meat
el informe
the report
confirmar
to confirm
debido a
due to
la intoxicación
the poisoning
alimentario
food (adjective, relating to food)
Questions & Answers about El informe confirma una intoxicación alimentaria debido a la carne.
Why do we use debido a here instead of debido a que?
You use debido a when it is followed by a noun or noun phrase, which in this sentence is la carne (the meat). You would use debido a que if it were followed by a full clause with a conjugated verb, for example: debido a que la carne estaba mala (due to the fact that the meat was bad).
Since food poisoning is a bad thing, would por culpa de la carne work here instead?
intoxicación looks like being drunk. Is it a false friend?
Yes, it is! In Spanish, intoxicación refers to physical poisoning or a toxic reaction, which is why intoxicación alimentaria means food poisoning. If you want to talk about alcohol intoxication, you would use words like ebriedad or simply describe someone as borracho.
Why is it intoxicación alimentaria instead of intoxicación de comida?
intoxicación alimentaria is the set medical term in Spanish. While English often stacks nouns together (like food poisoning), Spanish frequently uses specific relational adjectives like alimentario or alimentaria (meaning dietary or related to food) to modify the noun.
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