Breakdown of El dopaje perjudica la reputación; en consecuencia, la federación anula el resultado.
el resultado
the result
la federación
the federation
el dopaje
the doping
en consecuencia
consequently
Questions & Answers about El dopaje perjudica la reputación; en consecuencia, la federación anula el resultado.
Why does en consecuencia trigger the indicative mood (anula) here instead of the subjunctive?
Connectors of logical result like en consecuencia, por lo tanto, and por consiguiente are used to declare what actually happens as a consequence of a previous statement. Because they state a reality or a fact (the federation actually annuls the result), they naturally take the indicative. You would generally only see the subjunctive after these connectors if the result itself was an imperative command or a wish.
Does perjudica mean 'prejudices'?
No, perjudicar is a false friend! It means to damage or to harm, which is why it fits perfectly here for harming a reputation. If you want to say 'to prejudice' or 'to pre-judge', you would use prejuzgar, and the noun for a prejudice is un prejuicio.
Is the punctuation (semicolon and comma) around en consecuencia strictly necessary?
Yes, this is the standard rule for formal written Spanish. When you use formal illative connectors like en consecuencia or por consiguiente to join two independent clauses into one sentence, you must place a semicolon before the connector and a comma after it. If you decided to separate them into two completely different sentences, it would be a period followed by the connector and a comma.
Could I just say el doping instead of el dopaje?