Phrase · 🗺️ Regional colloquial Spanish
¡Qué padre está tu departamento nuevo!
Your new flat looks so cool!
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Why every word is where it is
¡Qué2determinerhowpadre1adjectivecool, greatsing.está3verbis (looks)estar · present · 3rd sing.tudetermineryour2nd sing.departamento4nounflatmasc. · sing.nuevoadjectivenewmasc. · sing.!
- Qué → padre: qué + adjective: exclamation
- padre → departamento: padre describes departamento
- nuevo → departamento: nuevo agrees with departamento (m. sg.)
- está → departamento: subject placed after the verb
Word for word: “How father is your new flat!”
Why it's built this way
The notes match the numbers above.
- 1padre as an adjective = cool, great (Mexico, informal). Same form for both genders; plural padres: unos tenis bien padres.
- 2Exclamative qué + adjective + verb + subject: the subject comes last. ¡Qué padre! alone also works. Comparatives, superlatives and exclamatives →
- 3estar for the impression something makes now: it looks great. Es padre would describe it in general. Ser vs estar II: meaning changes, events and results →
- 4departamento = flat in Mexico and Argentina; Spain says piso.
Variations
- ¡Qué padre está tu depa nuevo!
- ¡Qué chido está tu departamento nuevo!
- ¡Qué bonito está tu departamento nuevo!