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    ¿Saber la verdad?

    Grammar & Usage

    interrogative infinitive phrase
    neutral

    How it works

    This phrase uses the infinitive form of the verb 'saber' (to know) followed by the direct object 'la verdad' (the truth). In Spanish, infinitives can sometimes function as questions, often implying a choice, a dilemma, or a rhetorical inquiry. The inverted question marks denote it as an interrogative sentence.

    Sample sentences

    ¿Saber la verdad, o vivir en la ignorancia?

    To know the truth, or to live in ignorance?

    Después de todo lo que ha pasado, ¿saber la verdad cambiará algo?

    After everything that has happened, will knowing the truth change anything?

    Él quiere saber la verdad sobre lo que ocurrió esa noche.

    He wants to know the truth about what happened that night.

    Quick facts

    verb_form:infinitive used as an interrogative
    common_usage:Often used to express a dilemma or to question the desirability of knowing something, particularly unpleasant truths.

    Mnemonic

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    Example

    ¿Saber la verdad, o vivir en la ignorancia?

    To know the truth, or to live in ignorance?

    Después de todo lo que ha pasado, ¿saber la verdad cambiará algo?

    After everything that has happened, will knowing the truth change anything?

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