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1. La función de exportación falla siempre que incluyo resultados filtrados.

   The export feature fails whenever I include filtered results.

   función

   feature; function

   exportación

   export

   falla

   fails

   siempre que

   whenever

   incluyo

   I include

   resultados

   results

   filtrados

   filtered

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   función means “function” here, and in a software context it naturally means a feature or capability. It is a feminine singular noun, so it appears with la. Example: La función está disponible. — “The feature is available.” exportación is the noun “export” and names the action or feature of sending data out of a system. de exportación specifies the type of function: “for export” or “export.” Example: La exportación tarda unos minutos. — “The export takes a few minutes.” falla is the third-person singular present form of fallar, “to fail” or “malfunction.” The subject here is la función, so the singular form is used. Example: El botón falla a veces. — “The button sometimes malfunctions.” siempre que introduces a repeated time condition here: “whenever” or “every time that.” It connects the failure with each occurrence of the action that follows. Example: El programa se cierra siempre que abro ese archivo. — “The program closes whenever I open that file.” incluyo is the first-person singular present form of incluir, “to include.” The ending -o identifies the yo subject: “I include.” Example: Incluyo el archivo en el informe. — “I include the file in the report.” resultados is the plural of resultado, “result.” The plural form fits the meaning “results,” rather than one result. Example: Los resultados aparecen en la pantalla. — “The results appear on the screen.” filtrados is the masculine plural participle/adjective from filtrar, “to filter.” It describes resultados and matches that noun in number and grammatical gender: resultados filtrados, “filtered results.” The masculine form here is grammatical agreement with this noun, not a claim about people. Example: Reviso los datos filtrados. — “I review the filtered data.” Together, La función de exportación means “the export feature,” and falla says that this feature fails. siempre que incluyo resultados filtrados adds the repeated condition “whenever I include filtered results.” The complete meaning is: “The export feature fails whenever I include filtered results.”

2. Eso parece reproducible, lo que facilita mucho la resolución del problema.

   That sounds reproducible, which makes troubleshooting much easier.

   Eso

   that

   parece

   seems

   reproducible

   reproducible

   lo que

   which

   facilita

   makes easier

   mucho

   a lot

   resolución

   troubleshooting

   problema

   problem

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   Eso means “that.” It is a demonstrative pronoun: it points to something understood from the situation or preceding discourse, without naming that referent in this sentence. Its form is singular and neuter; it does not identify a particular noun by itself. parece is the present-tense third-person singular form of parecer, “to seem” or “to appear.” Here it presents an assessment rather than a definite claim: Eso parece reproducible = “That seems reproducible.” Compare parecen for a plural subject: Esos resultados parecen reproducibles = “Those results seem reproducible.” reproducible is a descriptive adjective meaning “able to be reproduced” or, in this technical context, “repeatable.” It has the same written form for masculine and feminine singular nouns; plural forms add -s: reproducibles. In the fixed sentence it describes the thing indicated by Eso. lo que is a relative construction meaning “which” here. It refers to the whole preceding statement, not to a separately named noun: the fact that something seems reproducible. A useful pattern is ..., lo que + verb ... = “..., which ...”. facilita is the present-tense third-person singular form of facilitar, “to make easier” or “to facilitate.” The subject is lo que, so the verb is singular. The thing made easier appears after the verb: La herramienta facilita el trabajo = “The tool makes the work easier.” mucho is an adverb here meaning “a lot” or “much.” It intensifies facilita: the resolution is made much easier. In this use it does not agree with problema or resolución; it modifies the verb phrase. resolución is a feminine singular noun meaning “resolution” or, in this technical context, “troubleshooting.” It names the process of finding a solution to the problem. In la resolución, the feminine singular article la agrees with it; the noun is part of the prepositional phrase de la resolución del problema. problema means “problem.” Although it ends in -a, it is a masculine Spanish noun, as shown by el problema in a full noun phrase. In del problema, del is the contraction of de + el, meaning “of the problem.” Together, Eso parece reproducible says “That seems reproducible.” The relative clause lo que facilita mucho la resolución del problema adds that this fact makes troubleshooting much easier. The complete utterance is therefore: “That sounds reproducible, which makes troubleshooting much easier.”

3. Lo probé con datos sin filtrar y la exportación funcionó con normalidad.

   I tested it with unfiltered data, and export worked normally.

   Lo

   it

   probé

   I tested

   datos

   data

   sin filtrar

   unfiltered

   exportación

   export

   funcionó

   worked

   con normalidad

   normally

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   Lo is a singular direct-object pronoun meaning “it” here. The fixed sentence and translation do not identify the specific referent or establish its grammatical gender, so do not treat lo as proof that the referent is masculine. Compare la, los, and las when the direct object is respectively feminine singular, masculine plural, or feminine plural. probé comes from probar and means “I tested” here. The ending -é marks the first-person singular preterite, used for a completed past event. Example: Probé la función. — “I tested the function.” datos is the plural of dato, “data” or “piece of information.” Spanish commonly uses the plural datos for a body or set of data. Example: Los datos son claros. — “The data are clear.” sin filtrar means “without being filtered” or, compactly, “unfiltered.” Filtrar is the infinitive “to filter”; after sin, an infinitive can express an action that was not carried out. Example: Abrió el archivo sin revisarlo. — “He or she opened the file without reviewing it.” exportación is a feminine noun meaning “export” or “exporting.” The ending -ción commonly forms nouns for actions or processes, but its meaning here is the export process or operation, not a person who exports. Example: La exportación terminó. — “The export finished.” funcionó comes from funcionar and means “worked” or “operated successfully” here. Its ending -ó marks the third-person singular preterite, agreeing with the singular noun la exportación. Example: El módulo funcionó. — “The module worked.” con normalidad is a prepositional expression meaning “normally” or “without anything unusual.” Con introduces the manner, and normalidad is the noun “normality.” Example: El sistema respondió con normalidad. — “The system responded normally.” Together, Lo probé says “I tested it”; con datos sin filtrar specifies that the test used data that had not been filtered; and la exportación funcionó con normalidad reports that the export operation worked normally. The complete meaning is: “I tested it with unfiltered data, and export worked normally.”

4. Entonces, es posible que la lógica de los filtros esté interactuando con el módulo de exportación.

   Then the filter logic may be interacting with the export module.

   Entonces

   Then

   es posible que

   it is possible that

   lógica

   logic

   filtros

   filters

   esté interactuando

   be interacting

   módulo

   module

   exportación

   export

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   Entonces means “then” here and links this statement to the preceding situation. It can also introduce a conclusion: Entonces, lo revisamos = “Then, let’s review it.” es posible que expresses possibility, not certainty. This pattern is commonly followed by the subjunctive because the event is presented as possible rather than asserted as a fact. Compare es posible que ocurra (“it may happen”) with es cierto que ocurre (“it is certain that it happens”). lógica is a feminine noun meaning “logic” or, in a technical context, the rules by which something operates. Its plural is lógicas; the adjective must agree with it: lógica correcta / lógicas correctas. filtros is the plural of filtro, “filter.” The phrase la lógica de los filtros means “the logic of the filters”: de connects the logic with the filters that it concerns. filtro can refer to a mechanism or rule that selects or removes data; the exact kind is supplied by context. esté interactuando combines the subjunctive form esté of estar with the gerund interactuando of interactuar. estar + gerund presents an action as ongoing: está funcionando = “it is working.” Here esté is third-person singular and agrees with la lógica, not with plural filtros. The form esté, with an accent, is distinct from este (“this,” masculine singular) and from está, the indicative form used for an asserted statement. módulo means “module,” a component of a larger system. Its plural is módulos. The phrase el módulo de exportación identifies the module associated with exporting; exportación is the noun “export” or “exporting,” formed as a separate lexical item from the verb exportar. exportación means “export” in the sense of sending data or a file out of a system. It is feminine: la exportación. Do not confuse it with exportar, the verb “to export”: La exportación falló = “The export failed”; El sistema puede exportar los datos = “The system can export the data.” Together, la lógica de los filtros is the subject, and esté interactuando con el módulo de exportación says that this logic may currently be interacting with the export module. The whole utterance therefore means: “Then, the filter logic may be interacting with the export module.” The wording presents this as a possible technical explanation, not as a confirmed cause.

5. Puedo enviar un archivo de muestra sin información confidencial.

   I can send a sample file without sensitive information.

   Puedo

   I can

   enviar

   to send

   archivo

   file

   muestra

   sample

   información

   information

   confidencial

   confidential; sensitive

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   Puedo is the first-person singular present form of poder (“to be able to; can”). The verb form identifies the subject as “I” here. poder is followed by an infinitive: puedo enviar means “I can send.” enviar is an infinitive meaning “to send.” After a conjugated form of poder, it remains an infinitive. Example: Podemos enviar el informe means “We can send the report”; podemos carries the subject “we,” while enviar names the action. archivo is a masculine singular noun meaning “file.” In un archivo, the article un agrees with this noun. Spanish commonly places a noun modifier after the noun, so archivo de muestra means “sample file.” muestra means “sample” in de muestra. As a noun, it is feminine: una muestra means “a sample.” Here, however, de muestra is a compact modifier of archivo, not a separate action. información means “information.” It is a feminine singular noun: la información. The adjective confidencial follows it and means “confidential” or “sensitive” here. This adjective has the same singular form with masculine and feminine nouns: información confidencial and documento confidencial. Its plural form is confidenciales, as in datos confidenciales (“confidential data”). sin means “without” and introduces what is absent or excluded. Thus, sin información confidencial means “without sensitive information”; it does not say that the file contains no information at all. Together, Puedo enviar un archivo de muestra means “I can send a sample file,” and sin información confidencial specifies that the file is without sensitive information. The complete utterance is: “I can send a sample file without sensitive information.”

6. Eso nos ayudaría a aislar el problema de forma segura.

   That would help us isolate the issue safely.

   Eso

   That

   nos ayudaría

   would help us

   aislar

   to isolate

   problema

   problem; issue

   forma

   way; manner

   segura

   safe

   More detail

   Eso is a demonstrative pronoun meaning “that.” It points to an already identifiable situation, proposal, or action without naming it again; the supplied translation supports the meaning “that,” but does not specify a more concrete referent. nos ayudaría combines nos (“us”) with ayudaría, the third-person singular conditional form of ayudar (“to help”). The conditional presents the help as a possible or hypothetical result: “would help us.” Nos is the object receiving the help, while the singular subject is Eso. Compare nos ayuda (“it helps us”) with nos ayudaría (“it would help us”). aislar is the infinitive “to isolate.” After ayudar, Spanish commonly uses an infinitive for the action that the help makes possible: nos ayudaría a aislar = “would help us isolate.” The preposition a introduces this infinitive here. Example: Me ayuda a entender. — “It helps me understand.” problema is a masculine noun meaning “problem” or, in this context, “issue.” Its base form is problema; with the definite article, the phrase is el problema. Although it ends in -a, it is grammatically masculine, so the agreeing article is el, not la. forma is a feminine noun meaning “way” or “manner.” In de forma segura, it begins an adverbial expression describing how the isolation is carried out. The noun itself is feminine, as shown by la forma in a definite phrase. segura is the feminine singular form of the adjective seguro (“safe” or “secure”). It agrees with forma, not with problema: forma is feminine singular, so the adjective is segura. Together, de forma segura means “safely” or “in a safe manner.” Compare un procedimiento seguro (“a safe procedure”), where the masculine noun requires seguro. As a whole, Eso supplies the possible situation being discussed; nos ayudaría a aislar says that it would help us perform the action; and el problema identifies what would be isolated. The final expression, de forma segura, specifies that this would be done safely. The complete meaning is: “That would help us isolate the issue safely.”

7. Por favor, confirma si los registros contienen algún contenido privado.

   Please confirm whether logs include any private content.

   Por favor

   please

   confirma

   confirm

   si

   whether

   registros

   logs

   contienen

   contain; include

   algún

   any

   contenido

   content

   privado

   private

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   Por favor is a polite request marker meaning “please.” It softens the request but does not change who is being addressed or the action requested. confirma comes from confirmar and here is the affirmative command for tú singular: “confirm.” The ending -a in this exact form identifies the informal singular addressee; it is not the usted or ustedes command. Example: Confirma la fecha. — “Confirm the date.” si introduces an indirect yes/no question: “whether.” It connects confirma with the information to be checked. This is different from conditional si, meaning “if,” as in Si llegan, avisa. — “If they arrive, let me know.” registros is the plural of the noun registro, “log” or “record.” Here the fixed translation identifies the intended sense as technical logs. Example: Los registros están disponibles. — “The logs are available.” contienen comes from contener, “to contain,” and is the present-tense form for third-person plural subjects: “they contain.” The plural subject here is los registros. Example: Los archivos contienen datos. — “The files contain data.” algún is the shortened form of alguno used before a masculine singular noun. In algún contenido, it contributes the meaning “any” in this question; it does not by itself assert a numeric count. Before a feminine singular noun, use alguna, as in alguna información — “any information.” contenido is a masculine singular noun meaning “content.” The phrase algún contenido therefore refers generally to any content, without specifying that such content exists. privado is an adjective meaning “private.” It is masculine singular here because it agrees with the masculine singular noun contenido. Its feminine singular form is privada, as in información privada — “private information.” Together, confirma si means “confirm whether,” and los registros contienen algún contenido privado means “the logs contain any private content.” The complete utterance is therefore: “Please confirm whether the logs include any private content.”Por favor makes this a polite request, while confirma specifies a singular informal tú addressee.

8. Lo verificaré antes de solicitar los registros.

   I will verify that before requesting the logs.

   Lo

   that / it

   verificaré

   I will verify

   antes de

   before

   solicitar

   to request

   registros

   logs

   More detail

   Lo is a direct-object clitic. Here the fixed translation identifies it as “that,” referring to the matter being verified; the sentence does not name that matter as a particular noun. For a concrete masculine singular noun, lo is also the masculine-singular object form, while la, los, and las correspond to feminine singular, masculine plural, and feminine plural objects. With an idea or proposition, lo can refer neutrally to “that.” It appears before the conjugated verb: Lo verificaré. verificaré comes from the infinitive verificar, “to verify,” and is the first-person singular simple future: “I will verify.” The ending and accent mark identify the speaker as yo and place the action in the future. Example: Lo verificaré mañana. — “I will verify it tomorrow.” antes de is the reusable pattern “before” + an infinitive or noun. Here it introduces a later action: antes de solicitar, “before requesting.” Example: Antes de salir, cerraré la puerta. — “Before leaving, I will close the door.” solicitar is the infinitive “to request.” The infinitive is required after the preposition de in antes de solicitar. Example: Necesito solicitar acceso. — “I need to request access.” registros is the plural of registro, and in this sentence it means “logs,” as confirmed by the fixed translation and the preceding context. The article in the full group, los registros, is masculine plural and definite: “the logs.” The plural ending -s is on the noun itself. Together, Lo verificaré antes de solicitar los registros means “I will verify that before requesting the logs.” The speaker is the understood subject of both verificaré and the infinitive solicitar: first, the speaker will verify the matter referred to by lo; afterward, the speaker will request the logs. The wording is neutral and reusable in ordinary professional communication.