Breakdown of El atleta habrá perjudicado su reputación; en consecuencia, no lo dejamos competir.
no
no, not
su
his/her/its/their/your (formal)
lo
it / him (direct object)
haber
(auxiliary) have
el atleta
the athlete
competir
to compete
dejar
to let / to allow (informal)
en consecuencia
consequently
perjudicar
to harm
la reputación
the reputation
Questions & Answers about El atleta habrá perjudicado su reputación; en consecuencia, no lo dejamos competir.
Why is dejamos in the indicative rather than the subjunctive after en consecuencia?
Connectors of logical result like en consecuencia, por lo tanto, and por consiguiente are used to declare what happens as a fact based on the previous statement. Because they state a reality or a firm conclusion, they do not trigger the subjunctive; they are followed by the indicative mood.
Do I always need a semicolon before and a comma after en consecuencia?
This is the standard and safest punctuation when connecting two full clauses. You typically use a period or semicolon before formal result connectors like en consecuencia to separate the two complete thoughts, and a comma immediately after the connector to set it apart from the rest of the sentence.
Why is habrá perjudicado translated as "must have damaged" instead of "will have damaged"?
In Spanish, the future tense is often used to express a guess or probability. By extension, the future perfect (habrá + past participle) is used to express an educated guess or strong supposition about the past. So while habrá perjudicado literally translates to "will have damaged," in this context it naturally means "must have damaged" or "probably damaged."
Why do we use lo in no lo dejamos competir instead of le?
With the verb dejar (to let/allow) followed by an intransitive action like competir, the person you are allowing to do the action is treated as a direct object. Therefore, lo is the correct pronoun for "him" in Latin America. You might hear le in parts of Spain due to a regional tendency to use le for men, but lo is the standard choice here.
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