{"id":164595,"date":"2024-11-10T11:14:41","date_gmt":"2024-11-10T11:14:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/learnexams.com\/blog\/?p=164595"},"modified":"2024-11-10T11:14:43","modified_gmt":"2024-11-10T11:14:43","slug":"fill-in-the-blank-with-the-spanish-word-that-best-completes-the-following-sente","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/2024\/11\/10\/fill-in-the-blank-with-the-spanish-word-that-best-completes-the-following-sente\/","title":{"rendered":"Fill in the blank with the Spanish word that best completes the following sente"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Fill in the blank with the Spanish word that best completes the following sente
A mi pap\u00e1 le
la garganta.
A. doler
B. duele
C. dole
D. dolor<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Correct Answer and Explanation is:<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The correct answer is B. duele<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here\u2019s why:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In Spanish, the verb “doler”<\/strong> means “to hurt” or “to cause pain.” When conjugating “doler”<\/strong> to describe something that hurts, the structure is a bit different from regular verbs because it functions similarly to gustar<\/strong> (to like). Instead of directly saying “I hurt” (which would be “yo doler” in English), you express it as “It hurts me,” or “It causes pain to me.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Breaking it down:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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  • A mi pap\u00e1<\/strong>: “To my dad” or “To my father” \u2013 this sets up the person who is experiencing the pain.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • le duele<\/strong>: The verb “doler”<\/strong> needs to be conjugated in a way that agrees with the thing that is causing the pain. The singular form “duele”<\/strong> is used when referring to a single part of the body or one item that is causing the pain. Since “la garganta”<\/strong> (the throat) is singular, the correct conjugation is “duele”<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

    Understanding the answer choices:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
      \n
    • A. doler<\/strong>: This is the infinitive form of the verb “to hurt” and is not correct in this context because you need the conjugated form.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • B. duele<\/strong>: This is the correct conjugated form of “doler”<\/strong> for a singular subject (like “garganta”), indicating that the throat hurts.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • C. dole<\/strong>: This is not a valid conjugation of the verb “doler”<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • D. dolor<\/strong>: This is a noun that means “pain,” but it does not fit grammatically in this sentence, as the sentence requires a conjugated verb, not a noun.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

      Example for context:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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      • “A m\u00ed me duele<\/strong> la cabeza” \u2013 “My head hurts.”<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • “A ella le duelen<\/strong> los pies” \u2013 “Her feet hurt.” (Notice here the plural form “duelen” because it refers to “feet,” which is plural.)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

        Thus, the correct answer is B. duele<\/strong>, as it correctly conjugates “doler”<\/strong> to agree with the singular noun “garganta”<\/strong> (throat) in the sentence.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

        Fill in the blank with the Spanish word that best completes the following senteA mi pap\u00e1 lela garganta.A. dolerB. dueleC. doleD. dolor The Correct Answer and Explanation is: The correct answer is B. duele. Here\u2019s why: In Spanish, the verb “doler” means “to hurt” or “to cause pain.” When conjugating “doler” to describe something that […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-164595","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-exams-certification"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/164595","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=164595"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/164595\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=164595"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=164595"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=164595"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}