Breakdown of El dolor de espalda es terrible.
de
from / of
la espalda
the back
terrible
terrible / awful
el dolor
the pain, the ache
Questions & Answers about El dolor de espalda es terrible.
The lesson is about the verb doler. Is dolor a conjugation of it?
Why do we say dolor de espalda instead of just putting the words for back and pain together?
Why is there an El at the beginning of the sentence when the English translation just says 'Back pain'?
In Spanish, when you talk about a general concept or thing as the subject of a sentence, you must use the definite article (el, la, los, or las). Because we are making a statement about back pain in general, we need El before dolor.
Why use es instead of está for terrible? Isn't pain a temporary condition?