Questions & Answers about Mi cabello está mojado.
Why do we use está instead of es?
Why is the possessive mi required before cabello?
What’s the difference between cabello and pelo? When should I use each?
Why does mojado come after cabello?
The default word order for descriptive adjectives in Spanish is noun + adjective.
• cabello mojado follows the neutral pattern.
Putting the adjective before the noun (e.g. el mojado cabello) is grammatically possible but rare and often poetic or emphatic.
Does mojado need to match cabello in gender and number?
Can I use mojado and húmedo interchangeably?
Why not use the reflexive verb mojarse, as in me mojé el cabello?
Could I instead say mi pelo está mojado?
Yes. mi pelo está mojado is completely natural in Latin American Spanish and is actually more common in casual speech. The meaning is the same; you’re just using the informal/colloquial noun pelo instead of the more formal cabello.
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