Breakdown of Si infringes la regla, pierdes la indemnización, o sea, no recibes el dinero.
no
no, not
recibir
to receive
el dinero
money
perder
to lose
la regla
the rule
si
if
o sea
in other words
infringir
to infringe / to violate
la indemnización
compensation (for damages/loss)
Questions & Answers about Si infringes la regla, pierdes la indemnización, o sea, no recibes el dinero.
Why is o sea surrounded by commas here, and could I use es decir instead?
Yes, you can easily swap it with es decir or esto es. o sea is an explicative discourse marker that clarifies or rephrases what was just said (losing the compensation means not getting the money). In written Spanish, these markers are standardly set off by commas. o sea is slightly more conversational, but they are completely interchangeable in this context.
The verb is infringes. Does the spelling change if I talk about myself (the yo form)?
Yes! The infinitive is infringir. In Spanish, a g before an e or i sounds like an English h, but before an a or o it sounds like the g in go. To keep that original h sound for the yo form, the spelling must change to a j, making it infrinjo. Here, in the tú form (infringes), the g is followed by an e, so the spelling stays regular.
Why does the sentence use the present tense pierdes instead of the future tense for the consequence?
When using a si (if) clause for a likely real-world scenario, you can use the present tense for both the condition and the result. You absolutely could use the future tense for the result here (perderás), but using the present tense makes the consequence sound like an absolute, immediate fact or a strict rule.
indemnización looks very formal. Is it only used in strict legal contexts?
No, it is very common in everyday Spanish as well. While it looks like the formal English legal term indemnification, indemnización is simply the standard word for compensation, severance pay, or financial damages. Here, it just means the expected financial payout.
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