Describe a drawback or express that you have no objection.
The idea
The masculine noun el inconveniente or un inconveniente means a drawback or inconvenience; its plural is los inconvenientes. No tener inconveniente en means not to object to an action.
Examples
- El ruido es un inconveniente de este piso.Noise is a drawback of this flat.
- No tengo inconveniente en esperar.I have no objection to waiting.
- La lluvia causó algunos inconvenientes.The rain caused some inconvenience.
- Estudiamos los inconvenientes del contrato.We examined the drawbacks of the contract.
- El horario presenta un pequeño inconveniente.The schedule presents a minor inconvenience.
- Lamentamos los inconvenientes durante la obra.We regret the inconvenience during the construction work.
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Do not treat the noun as always meaning a major problem: it can describe a minor inconvenience.
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Choose: ___ inconveniente es el precio. (El / La)
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El
El agrees with the masculine singular noun.
Choose: La reforma trae dos ___. (inconvenientes / inconveniente)
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inconvenientes
inconvenientes matches the plural number.
Choose: La propuesta tiene una desventaja: un ___. (inconveniente / beneficio)
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inconveniente
inconveniente names the drawback of the proposal.
Practice round
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Choose: ___ inconveniente es el precio. (El / La)
Choose: La reforma trae dos ___. (inconvenientes / inconveniente)
Choose: La propuesta tiene una desventaja: un ___. (inconveniente / beneficio)
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