Learn Spanish (Spain): Debido a la huelga, hoy no hay trenes. - Due to the strike, there are no trains today.

Debido a la huelga, hoy no hay trenes.

Due to the strike, there are no trains today.

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Questions & Answers about Debido a la huelga, hoy no hay trenes.

Why use debido a here instead of just por to mean "because of"?

While por la huelga is perfectly correct and very common in everyday speech, debido a (due to) sounds slightly more formal. You will frequently hear it in news reports, public announcements, or when giving an official reason for an event.

Does debido ever change its ending to match the feminine noun la huelga?

Not in this sentence. When used as the fixed phrase debido a (meaning "due to"), it acts as an invariable phrase and never changes gender or number. It only changes if used as an adjective directly modifying a noun, like in una cancelación debida a la huelga (a cancellation due to the strike).

Why isn't there a word like unos or ningunos before trenes?

When using hay or no hay to talk about the general existence of things, Spanish typically drops the article for plural nouns. Simply saying no hay trenes is the standard way to express "there are no trains" or "there aren't any trains."

Is it okay to put the word hoy at the end of the sentence instead?

Yes, no hay trenes hoy is completely correct. However, placing hoy before the verb (hoy no hay trenes) is very natural when you want to establish the time frame right away, emphasizing that today is specifically the day with the disruption.