lo

• Pron

  1. accusative of él, ello, and usted (when referring to a man); him, it, you (formal)
  2. impersonal neuter pronoun (clitic form of ello); it, that

• Article

cierto

• Adj

  1. true
  2. true

• Det

es que

1. the thing is; the truth is; in fact; actually
2. it's not that

al día

• Adj

  1. state of the art (at the highest level of development)
  2. up-to-date (current, recent)

• Adv

siguiente

1. following
2. next

estaban

third-person plural imperfect indicative of estar

firmando

gerund of firmar

contrato

• Noun

  contract, agreement

• Verb