Difference between the two

Question

Was flipping through fluencia, and got this question wrong. THe question was to translate "In the summer my family and I grill a lot."

Correct: En el verano mi familia y yo hacemos muchas parrilladas.

My answer: en el verano mi familia y yo hacemos las parrilladas.

What exactly is the difference between these two. Does hacemos las parilladas mean to do the grills?

edit: changed hacen to hacemos

You missed out the "a lot" in your Spanish answer. - ian-hill, Nov 18, 2013

Answer 1

Well I'm not going to dispute a Spanish speaking native but it seems both have overlooked the total meaning of your question

Correct: En el verano mi familia y yo hacemos muchas parrilladas.

My answer: en el verano mi familia y yo hacemos las parrilladas.

you wanted to say a lot but you simply left out muchas in your answer

In the Summer my family and I grill (or barbeque)

Hopefully free apache will log back and clear this up. :-D - chileno, Nov 18, 2013

Answer 2

I agree with gringo and I am going to contribute a bit more....

We do not have a verb that's equivalent to "to grill", so we either cook "a la parrilla" or "hacemos una parrillada" Is like "making a party" although you still have the verb "to party" and "hacemos una parrilla" sounds as we are fabricating a grill.

Answer 3

hacemos = we make/do

hacen = they/youall make do

Your family and you is a "we" group not a "they" group. Your family is a "they" group but when you include yourself it becomes a "we" group.