Grammar Question Fue and Era

Question

Good Afternoon,

I'm trying to say- It was the best vacation

Do I say, Fue las mejores vacaciones, or Era las mejores vacaciones, or Era el major vacaciones.

I'm a little confused between the difference between Era and Fue and whether or not a single vacation is treated as plural because it's spelled with and "es" on the end.

Thank you so much for your help!

Sarah

Answer 1

To complement what Feliz said; into account that you're talking one single past event.

Fueron las mejores vacaciones = those where the best holidays.

Las vacaciones en Río eran lo mejor = vacations in Rio were the best; here you're inplicitly saying you used to spend holidays there during an undertermined period of time.

Diagonyx, just to help you we would say: take into account that you're talking about one single, past event. - FELIZ77, Jun 19, 2013

Answer 2

I think you would say: Fueron las mejores vacaciones =They were the best holidays.

Holiday in English is singular but in Spanish the word vacaciones is a feminine noun and it is used in the plural form, so you would need to say las mejores vacaciones..

I hope this helps