Note that this is a Europe focused lesson. Your active focus is Latin America.
Learn how to highlight a quality using ser de un [adjective] que in Spanish
In Spanish there is a structure that is used to highlight a quality in something/someone. It is very similar to Using [verb] + tan + [adjective/adverb] + que to say "so... that..."
This similar structure is used very colloquially:
Ser + de un + [adjective] que...
Here are some examples:
Manuel es de un orgulloso que a veces me irrita.Manuel is so proud/such a proud person that he sometimes annoys me.
La receta de Sandra es de un sabroso que ni te imaginas.Sandra's recipe is so tasty that you wouldn't imagine [how tasty].
It's important to note that the adjective always takes the masculine singular form regardless of the gender of the subject. (e.g. Victoria/creído, receta/sabroso)
This structure highlights a quality and then expresses a consequence:
- La receta es de un sabroso (quality highlighted about the recipe)
- que ni te imaginas (consequence)
- Victoria es de un creído (quality highlighted about Victoria)
- que hace que todas la odiemos (consequence)
Bear in mind that sometimes the verb estar is used instead of ser if the quality highlighted expresses a change/result. For example:
This structure could also be used without the que clause, generally as an open sentence followed by ellipses "..." as a form of superlative:
This structure is nearly identical to Using ser de un/una [noun] although the one explained in this lesson is more colloquial and it is more often used to highlight a negative quality.
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