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Spanish Intensifiers

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Spanish Intensifiers

• In Spanish, there are a number of words as well
  as one suffix that can be used to intensify the
  meaning of other words.

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Spanish Intensifiers

• Intensifiers can be used with adjectives,
  adverbs, nouns, and verbs. They include words
  like muy (very), mucho (much, a lot), and
  sumamente (extremely).
• Es muy bonita.  
• She is very pretty.
• Tenemos mucho dinero.
• We have a lot of money.

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Spanish Intensifiers

• The suffix ísimo is an intensifier that can be
  attached to the end of many adjectives. It
  changes for gender and number
• If the adjective ends in a vowel, drop it before
  adding the ending.
• -ísimo, -ísimos, -ísima, -ísimas
• bello (a)Esta cocina es bellísima!
• This kitchen is very (extremely) beautiful.

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Spanish Intensifiers

• When the last consonant in the adjective is c, g
  or z, spelling changes are required before adding
  ísimo (a, os, as).
• c gt qu
• rico gt riquísimo
• g gt gu
• largo gt larguísimo
• z gt c
• feliz gt felicísimo

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Spanish Intensifiers

• Now translate these sentences
• The homework is really easy.
• La tarea es facilísima.
• Ana is absolutely beautiful.
• Ana es bellísima.
• They are super rich.
• Ellos son riquísimos.