Lo neutro rule...

Question

I need some examples about this rule

**lo de + infinitivo ** significa *el hecho de *

I really don't understand what "lo de" means in english too

Provide a full utterance. It's vague as it is. - Oshnaj, Nov 6, 2016

I need some phrases that carry the meaning of "lo de" plus "infinitivo" in the sentence. - Rosemaryrii, Nov 6, 2016

That doesn't make sense to me. Where did you see such kind of construction? - Oshnaj, Nov 6, 2016

Actually it's in my gramatical book! - Rosemaryrii, Nov 6, 2016

Welcome to SpanishDict, Rosemary. There must be more context with this. Oshnaj is a native Spanish speaker. He has ask you to please add context. Then he may be able to help you. - rac1, Nov 6, 2016

Answer 1

It's just that the pronoun "lo" takes the place of "el hecho" or is referring to it, as you prefer but it doesn't mean that there exists a rule.

Here you have any examples:

Lo + infinitive.

Lo de/ el hecho de comprar por comprar me parece absurdo.

Lo de / el hecho de vivir cerca de la playa es cuestión de dinero.

Lo de + sudjuntivo.

Lo de que veas la tele hasta tan tarde lo discutiremos mañana.

El hecho de que veas la tele hasta tan............

El hecho de que suspendas todas las asignaturas se debe a tu falta de estudio.

Lo de que suspendas........

Pero yo no soy profesor de lengua así que podría estar equivocado. Seguro que algún entendid@ aborda tu consulta con un enfoque mas gramatical - 000a35ff, Nov 6, 2016

Answer 2

I usually translate "lo de" as "that of"

lo de hacer algo- That of doing something. The act of doing something. The fact of doing something. Will depend somewhat on context.

Here are a couple of not exactly nice memes showing usage:

(That of saying/the act of saying/that you say) senseless things is in order to demonstrate your delay (that you are mentally delayed)?

I don't deny it, (the act of) lying (leaves from you well/ is easy for you)

(Making like/pretending that) I believe you exits me better (is even easier for me)