Questions & Answers about Mi hermano corre como loco en el parque.
Why is it corre and not está corriendo, even though in English we often say “is running like crazy”?
Spanish uses the simple present much more than English to talk about actions that are:
- happening right now
- or are habitual / repeated
So:
Mi hermano corre como loco en el parque.
= My brother runs / is running like crazy in the park.
(Most naturally understood as a habit/habitual behavior.)Mi hermano está corriendo como loco en el parque.
focuses more on right now, at this moment.
Both are grammatically correct. The original sentence sounds more like a general description of his usual behavior in the park.
What part of speech is loco here? Is it an adjective or a noun?
In corre como loco, loco is functioning like a noun (literally “like a madman / like a crazy person”).
Because it’s used without an article (como loco, not como un loco), it feels a bit more like a set, idiomatic expression: “runs like crazy” rather than “runs like a madman.”
Why is it loco and not loca?