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Nuestro equipo ha sido campeón este año.

Nuestro equipo ha sido campeón este año.
Our team has been champion this year.
From Lesson 214:Champions and flags (el campeón, mundial, la bandera)·Spanish (Spain)

Questions & Answers about Nuestro equipo ha sido campeón este año.

Why is ha sido used here instead of fue?
In Spain, the present perfect (ha sido) is used for past actions that occur within an unfinished time period. Because este año (this year) is still ongoing, you use the present perfect. If the sentence said last year (el año pasado), you would use the preterite: fue.
Since a team has many people, why is the verb singular (ha sido instead of han sido)?
In Spanish, collective nouns like equipo (team), familia (family), or gente (people) are treated as singular grammatical entities. They always take a singular verb, even though they represent multiple people.
Why isn't there an un before campeón?
In Spanish, the indefinite article (un or una) is generally dropped after the verb ser when stating professions, religions, or titles like campeón (champion). You only add the article if you add an adjective, for example: ha sido un campeón increíble (has been an incredible champion).
Why does campeón have a written accent mark?
Words ending in a vowel, n, or s are naturally stressed on the second-to-last syllable. Because the spoken stress in campeón falls on the final syllable, it needs a written accent to break the rule. Notice that in the plural (campeones), the natural stress shifts to the o, so the written accent disappears!

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