A pesar de la advertencia, el niño insiste en jugar.
Despite the warning, the boy insists on playing.
Breakdown of A pesar de la advertencia, el niño insiste en jugar.
el niño
the boy / the child
en
in / on / by (means of transport) / about (after pensar)
jugar
to play
a pesar de
despite, in spite of (+ noun/infinitive)
la advertencia
the warning (cautionary)
insistir
to insist
Questions & Answers about A pesar de la advertencia, el niño insiste en jugar.
Why do we use a pesar de here instead of a pesar de que?
Why do we need the word en after insiste?
In Spanish, the verb insistir always pairs with the preposition en when you say what someone insists on doing. This is a set phrase you just have to memorize, but luckily it matches the English structure "to insist on".
Why isn't the verb jugar conjugated?
Whenever a verb directly follows a preposition (in this case, the word en), it must stay in its infinitive (unconjugated) form.
I thought advertencia meant advertisement. Why does it mean warning here?
Advertencia is a false friend! It comes from the verb advertir (to warn or to advise). If you want to say "advertisement" in Spanish, you would use the word anuncio.
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