Breakdown of La federación revisó el análisis de sangre.
de
from / of
revisar
to check
la sangre
the blood
la federación
federation
el análisis
analysis
Questions & Answers about La federación revisó el análisis de sangre.
Why is revisó translated as "reviewed" instead of "revised"?
Revisar is a classic false friend. It means to review, inspect, or check something (like a document, an engine, or a blood test). If you want to say "revise" in the sense of making changes to a text, you would use modificar, corregir, or editar. If you mean "revise" for an exam, you would use estudiar or repasar.
Análisis ends in -sis. Is it always masculine, and how do I make it plural?
Yes, análisis is masculine (el análisis), like several words of Greek origin ending in -sis (such as el énfasis or el oasis, though la crisis and la tesis are feminine exceptions). Because it ends in an -s and the final syllable is unstressed, the word itself doesn't change in the plural. You just change the article to get los análisis.
If I wanted to say "The athlete failed, therefore the federation reviewed the blood analysis," how would I use this lesson's connectors?
You can use por lo tanto, en consecuencia, or por consiguiente to introduce this sentence. For example: El atleta falló la prueba; por lo tanto, la federación revisó el análisis de sangre. Because these connectors express a logical result of a known fact, they simply trigger the indicative mood (revisó), not the subjunctive.
Why use the preterite revisó here instead of the imperfect revisaba?
Revisó is in the preterite because reviewing the blood analysis is viewed as a completed action with a definitive end. If you used the imperfect (revisaba), it would change the meaning to an ongoing or background action: "The federation was reviewing the blood analysis (when something else happened)."
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