passive voice

• Construcción gramatical en la que el sujeto de la oración recibe o experimenta la acción del verbo, en lugar de realizarla. Se utiliza a menudo para enfatizar la acción o a quien la recibe, más que a quien la ejecuta.

A grammatical construction in which the subject of a sentence is acted upon by the verb, rather than performing the action. It is often used to emphasize the action or the recipient of the action rather than the doer.

1. Grammatical constructionB2formal

   A grammatical voice where the subject receives the action of the verb, rather than performing it.

   voz pasiva

   • In the sentence 'The cake was eaten by the dog,' the verb is in the passive voice.
   • The passive voice is often used in scientific writing.
   • She changed the sentence from active to passive voice.