Breakdown of A fuerza de perseverancia, consiguió el empleo.
conseguir
to achieve, to get; to manage to (+ infinitive)
el empleo
the employment
a fuerza de
by dint of
la perseverancia
the perseverance
Questions & Answers about A fuerza de perseverancia, consiguió el empleo.
How does a fuerza de work here, and what nuance does it add to the sentence?
The lesson says we can use verbs with a fuerza de. Could we rewrite this sentence using a verb instead of the noun perseverancia?
Yes! You can use an infinitive immediately after a fuerza de. To keep the exact same meaning, you could say A fuerza de perseverar, consiguió el empleo (Through sheer persevering, she got the job). The structure works perfectly with both nouns and infinitives.
Why isn't there a definite article before perseverancia, like a fuerza de la perseverancia?
While Spanish usually requires definite articles with abstract nouns (like La perseverancia es importante), they are often dropped after certain prepositions when referring to the concept in a general, uncountable way. After de in phrases like a fuerza de, the article is omitted unless you are specifying a particular perseverance (for example, a fuerza de la perseverancia que mostró...).
Could we use a different verb like obtener instead of conseguir for 'got the job'?
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