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El pescado frito es el tema de nuestro reportaje culinario.

El pescado frito es el tema de nuestro reportaje culinario.
The fried fish is the theme of our culinary article.
From Lesson 340:Double past participles·Spanish (Spain)

Questions & Answers about El pescado frito es el tema de nuestro reportaje culinario.

Why does this sentence use frito instead of freído?
Frito is the irregular past participle of freír (to fry). When we use it as an adjective describing a noun, like pescado frito (fried fish), we use this irregular form. The regular form freído is only used after the verb haber in compound tenses, like hemos freído (we have fried).
Why is the word for fish pescado here instead of pez?
In Spanish, a live fish swimming in the water is un pez. Once it has been caught and is prepared as food, it becomes pescado. Since we are talking about cooking it, pescado is the correct word.
Since tema ends in -a, why does it use the masculine article el?
Tema is one of several words in Spanish that end in -ma but are masculine. These words generally come from Greek. Other common examples you have likely seen include el problema, el sistema, and el idioma.
Does reportaje mean the same thing as a school or business report?
No, reportaje specifically refers to a piece of journalism, like a feature article, news report, or broadcast. If you need to talk about a business, technical, or school report, you should use the word informe.

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