No word for “it” ?

Question

¡________ te vas a arrepentir!
You are going to regret it so much!
Lo claro
Lo cuál
El que
Lo que
Hola, is “it” implied by arrepentir?Muchas gracias, Shirley.

Silvia Píriz · Accepted Answer

Hola Shirley S.
Yes, that's right. In ¡Lo que te vas a arrepentir!, there isn't a separate word corresponding to English “it”. Here, lo que is part of an emphatic construction, and arrepentirse naturally expresses what English translates as “regret it”: ¡Lo que te vas a arrepentir! = “You're going to regret it so much!”
More generally, English uses “it” much more often than Spanish does. Spanish often doesn't need an equivalent when what “it” refers to is already clear from the verb or context. When a pronoun is needed, the form depends on its function and what it refers to, so there isn't one single Spanish word that always corresponds to English “it”.
I hope this helps clarify it!
Saludos
Silvia

Shirley Shostak · Answer

Google: how do you know when the word “it” is required in spanish? The write up is very good. Shirley.