Breakdown of Brindamos con cava por el año nuevo.
con
with / just by (+ -ing)
nuevo
new / another, different (before the noun)
el año
the year
por
for / by / through / in (during a part of the day)
el cava
the cava (Spanish sparkling wine)
brindar
to drink a toast (raise a glass)
Questions & Answers about Brindamos con cava por el año nuevo.
I learned that brindar means "to offer" or "to provide." Why is it translated as "toasted" here?
The English translation says "toasted" (past tense), but isn't brindamos the present tense?
It can be both! For regular -ar verbs, the nosotros (we) form is identical in the present tense and the preterite (simple past) tense. You have to rely on the surrounding context of the conversation to know whether it means "we toast" or "we toasted".
Why do we use por instead of para for "to the new year"?
In Spanish, the set phrase for "to toast to" is always brindar por. Whenever you raise a glass to dedicate a drink to a person, an event, or a cause, you must use por.
Why isn't there an article before cava? Shouldn't it be con el cava?
Because cava (Spanish sparkling wine) is acting as a general, uncountable substance here, the article is dropped after the preposition con. If you were talking about a specific bottle you just opened, you would use the article and say con el cava. (As a bonus reminder: cava is a masculine noun despite ending in -a!).
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