Todo alcalde merece respeto

heather w.B1Kwiziq community member

Todo alcalde merece respeto

The translation for this is All mayors deserve respect. As it is all mayors why isn't the spanish 'Todos Alcaldes' ? I would have thought todo alcalde was each mayor ?

This question relates to:Spanish lesson "Using todo, toda, todos and todas to say all, every and the whole (indefinite adjectives)"

Asked 7 months ago

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Marcos G.C1 Kwiziq Q&A super contributor

I think it’s because “todo” can also be translated as “every”, so “todo alcalde” means every mayor. I think we would need the article to say “all mayors”, as in ‘todos los alcaldes”.

Like07 months ago

InmaNative Spanish expert teacher in Kwiziq

Hola Heather

Yes, as Marcos said, it is as if saying "every/each" : todo alcalde, todo país, todo ciudadano, toda ciudad... - as mentioned in the lesson, this gives more emphasis and it's more formal.

Saludos

Like06 months ago

heather w. asked:

Todo alcalde merece respeto

The translation for this is All mayors deserve respect. As it is all mayors why isn't the spanish 'Todos Alcaldes' ? I would have thought todo alcalde was each mayor ?

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