Afectar in Spanish: describing effects

Describe how an event changes a person’s situation.

The idea

Afectar means to affect. The cause is the subject; the person or thing affected is the direct object. Use a before a person and often before things.

La tormenta afecta a los vecinos del valle.The storm affects the residents of the valley.
El retraso afecta a toda la entrega.The delay affects the entire delivery.
La sequía afectó a las cosechas del pueblo.The drought affected the village crops.
El ruido afecta a mi concentración.The noise affects my concentration.
Los cambios afectan al horario de apertura.The changes affect opening hours.
La noticia afectó mucho a su familia.The news affected their family deeply.

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Do not make the verb agree with the affected object: in La tormenta afecta a los vecinos, the singular storm is the subject.

Choose the correct form: La lluvia ___ a los cultivos. (afecta / afectan)
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afecta
Afecta agrees with the singular rain.
Choose the correct form: Ayer la huelga ___ al transporte. (afectó / afecto)
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afectó
Afectó has an accent for the completed past event yesterday.
Choose the correct form: Los precios ___ a las familias. (afectan / afecta)
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afectan
Afectan agrees with the plural prices.

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