"Sí, hubo reacciones a nivel local."

Translation: Yes, there were reactions at a local level.

[Kumar.Listo]

This cannot be wrong (IMHO): "Yes, there were reactions on a local level."

[icepalace]

Now accepted. (June 26, 2014)

[PatriciaJH]

My opinion, too. I just reported it, via the "Report a problem"->"My answer should be accepted".

[LowKey99]

Agreed. Reported as well.

[FraserMcFadyen]

I typed "al nivel local". Is that my error, or the software's?

[marcelrm]

it is not "al nivel local" but "a nivel local"

[oyttb]

The software's. Report it.

[Smileforthewhile]

Why isn't it "al nivel local" in spanish? Shouldn't there be an "el" for "the?

[KristaOcon]

My question exactly.

[railrule]

"a nivel local" is right.
"el" is not used in this costruction.

[jacobyks]

I believe that "on a local level" should also be accepted.

[AlanDanskin]

There is no article is Spanish, don't see why it is required in english

[MaDhyan]

I agree, AlanDanskin. I put 'at local level' and was marked wrong because I missed out the article 'a'. I reported that it would be quite normal to leave out the article here in English.

[BrentaPoole]

I disagree. It should be "at the local level" or "at a local level"

[sguthrie1]

BrentaPoole is correct.

There are many instances where Spanish does not need an article and English does.

See, for example, these references: http://www.spanishdict.com/topics/show/7
http://www.spanishdict.com/answers/10001/articles-definite#.VylXCPkrIkU
Others are available on the web.

[SJKP]

"locally" ??

[AurosHarman]

That'd be "localmente".

[JimMcClosk]

With reacciones being plural wouldn't the verb tense be hubieron?

[SJKP]

In Ecuador they use "hubieron", but it is not gramatically correct (even though it sounds good!).

Hay / hubo / / había / ha habido is always third person singular, irrespective of number, e.g. hay muchos fumadores de pipa; hubo miles de zapatillas; había tres mujeres barbudas en el vecindario, etc.

[JimMcClosk]

Thanks SJKP! Great examples btw ;-)

[akmark]

I was wondering the same thing. Thanks for the explanation!

[AurosHarman]

The subject of sentences with "hay" is abstract. The thing(s) asserted to exist is/are the object. This is true of "There is/are..." in English as well -- the subject is "there", and the object is the thing that exists. However, we consider the weird subject, "there", to have ambiguous number, taking on that property from the object. The Spanish construction is arguably more logical than English. It's like, "The world has..." (Recall that "haber", the root form for "hay / hubo / hubiera", is kind of similar to the English use of "have" as a helping verb in perfect tenses.)

Hay tres gatos aquí. There are three cats here. The situation here has three cats.

[Iago]

On/at a/the local level should ALL be accepted as translations.

[JudithStacey]

but it still did not accept "yes, there were reactions at the local level"

[mortisimago]

accepted now!

[tecalai]

At 'the' local level is much more specific than at 'a' local level. They used the indefinite article here, so 'the' is not appropriate.

[Caversham]

Yes, there were reactions at local level should be accepted IMV. Have reported it.

[saturdaywarrior]

the hints dont really makes since and neither does the word order......

[sguthrie1]

I have trouble understanding the "sense" of your sentence.

[Mike209223]

Please use a larger tilde, i í my old eyes aren’t so good anymore

[elgreco77]

In English we say there were reactions at local level. Sort this out. Getting fed up with this.

[BrentaPoole]

Why was the plural "hubieron" not used?

[motosrojas]

'a nivel local' can also mean 'locally' according to spanishdict.com.
I was marked wrong, but I've reported it.

[sguthrie1]

See AurosHarman, above