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¿Cómo estás reaccionando a la cámara oculta?

¿Cómo estás reaccionando a la cámara oculta?
How are you reacting to the hidden camera?
From Lesson 350:Sudden reactions (echarse a)·Spanish (Spain)

Breakdown of ¿Cómo estás reaccionando a la cámara oculta?

estar
to be (location/state)
cómo
how
a
to
la cámara
the camera
reaccionar
to react
oculto
hidden

Questions & Answers about ¿Cómo estás reaccionando a la cámara oculta?

Since this lesson is about using echarse a for sudden reactions, why isn't it used here?
The structure echarse a is used to say someone suddenly started doing a specific action, like laughing (echarse a reír). This sentence is asking about the general process of reacting, so it just uses the literal verb reaccionar instead of describing a sudden outburst.
Could I just use the present tense and say ¿Cómo reaccionas...?
You could, but using the present continuous (estás reaccionando) emphasizes that the reaction is unfolding right now, at this exact moment. ¿Cómo reaccionas? can sometimes sound more like a general question: 'How do you normally react?'
Is the preposition a always used after reaccionar?
Yes! Just like in English where you 'react to' something, Spanish uses reaccionar a to introduce the thing causing the reaction.
How do I pronounce the double 'c' in reaccionando in Spain?
In Spain, the first 'c' makes a hard 'k' sound, and the second 'c' (because it is followed by an 'i') makes a 'th' sound, like in the English word 'think'. It sounds roughly like 're-ak-thee-o-nan-do'.

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