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Ella siempre aporta datos muy interesantes.

Ella siempre aporta datos muy interesantes.
She always contributes very interesting data.
From Lesson 325:In a Meeting·Spanish (Spain)

Questions & Answers about Ella siempre aporta datos muy interesantes.

Is aporta related to the English word 'support'?
No, this is a false friend! Aportar means to contribute, provide, or bring something to the table (like ideas, facts, or money). If you want to say 'to support' in the sense of backing a person or an idea, you should use apoyar.
Does datos mean 'dates'?
No, this is another false friend. Datos means 'data,' 'facts,' or 'details.' If you are talking about calendar dates, you need the word fechas. For a romantic date or an appointment, you would use citas.
In English, we often use 'data' as a singular word (like 'the data is'). Is it the same in Spanish?
No, in Spanish, datos is treated as a regular countable plural noun. A single piece of information or fact is un dato. Because we are talking about multiple facts here, we use the plural datos, and the adjective describing them must also be plural (interesantes).
Since datos is a masculine noun, shouldn't the adjective be interesantos?
Adjectives that end in -e in their singular form, like interesante, do not change for gender. They look exactly the same for both masculine and feminine nouns. To make them plural, you just add an -s, making it interesantes to match the plural noun datos.

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