Phrase · 😏 Irony and understatement
El hotel no es precisamente barato.
The hotel isn't exactly cheap.
C2understatement (criticism)Audio · bientôt disponible
Pourquoi chaque mot est à sa place
Pourquoi elle est construite ainsi
Les notes correspondent aux numéros ci-dessus.
- 1no es precisamente + adjective = it isn't exactly…: understatement that means the opposite (it's expensive). Advanced emphatic and exclamative structures →
- 2ser + adjective for a characteristic of the hotel; barato agrees with hotel. Ser vs estar I: characteristics and states →
Variantes
- El hotel no es lo que se dice barato.
- El hotel no es barato que digamos.
- El hotel no es nada barato.