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Los turistas disfrutaron mucho de la tradición.

Los turistas disfrutaron mucho de la tradición.
The tourists enjoyed the tradition a lot.
From Lesson 129:Preterite of regular -ar verbs·Spanish (Spain)

Breakdown of Los turistas disfrutaron mucho de la tradición.

de
of
mucho
a lot
el turista
the tourist
disfrutar
to enjoy
la tradición
the tradition

Questions & Answers about Los turistas disfrutaron mucho de la tradición.

Why does the verb end in -aron?
This is the preterite (simple past) tense of the regular -ar verb disfrutar (to enjoy). For the 'they' form (ellos/ellas/ustedes), you drop the -ar and add -aron. Since the subject is Los turistas (they), the verb becomes disfrutaron.
Why is there a de after disfrutaron? The English translation just says 'enjoyed the tradition'.
In Spanish, the verb disfrutar is very often followed by the preposition de when you mention what it is you are enjoying. It works a bit like saying 'enjoyed of' in English, even though we don't translate it that way. You will hear disfrutar de very frequently in Spain.
Why is it los turistas if the word turistas ends in an -a?
Nouns ending in -ista (like turista, artista, or dentista) can be both masculine and feminine. Their spelling doesn't change, so the article tells you the gender. Los turistas uses the masculine plural, which is the default for a mixed group of male and female tourists, or a group of just men.
Why doesn't mucho change to muchos to match the plural tourists?
In this sentence, mucho means 'a lot' and is acting as an adverb describing the verb disfrutaron (it tells us how much they enjoyed it). Adverbs never change their endings. Mucho only changes to mucha, muchos, or muchas when it describes a noun, like if you wanted to say 'many tourists' (muchos turistas).

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