Breakdown of Las pastillas rojas son para el dolor de espalda.
ser
to be
para
for / in order to (+ infinitive) / by (a deadline)
de
of
rojo
red
la espalda
the back
el dolor
the pain
la pastilla
the pill
Questions & Answers about Las pastillas rojas son para el dolor de espalda.
Why is it pastillas rojas and not rojas pastillas?
In Spanish, describing words (adjectives) like colors usually come right after the noun they describe. Also, notice that rojas ends in -as so that it perfectly matches the feminine, plural noun pastillas.
Why use son instead of están for "are"?
Why is the word for "for" para here, rather than por?
Why does "back pain" become dolor de espalda?
In English, you can easily put nouns next to each other so one describes the other (like "back" describing "pain"). In Spanish, you can't stack nouns this way. You have to name the main thing first (dolor, pain), connect it with de (of), and then add the specific body part (espalda, back). It literally means "pain of back".
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