Breakdown of Estará entreteniendo a los transeúntes con su mímica.
estar
to be (location/state)
su
his/her/its/their/your (formal)
con
with
entretener
to entertain
Questions & Answers about Estará entreteniendo a los transeúntes con su mímica.
Why is the future tense (estará) used here if the English translation says "He is probably entertaining" right now?
This is the "future of probability" or conjecture applied to an ongoing action. In Spanish, using the future progressive (estará + gerund) is a common way to guess or assume what is happening right at this very moment. It translates naturally to "he is probably entertaining" or "he must be entertaining" rather than an event in the actual future.
Why do we need the word a before los transeúntes?
This is the "personal a." In Spanish, whenever a specific person (or group of people) is the direct object of a verb, you must put an a in front of them. Since los transeúntes (the passersby) are people receiving the action of the verb entreteniendo, the a is required.
Does mímica just mean "mimicking" someone?
Why does the word transeúntes have an accent mark on the u?