El muslo está jugoso.

to be

Breakdown of El muslo está jugoso.

• el muslo: the thigh
• jugoso: juicy

Questions & Answers about El muslo está jugoso.

Why is it está and not es in El muslo está jugoso?

Spanish often uses estar for a state or condition, especially when talking about how food turns out after cooking.

So está jugoso means the thigh is juicy in the sense of its current texture or result.
Using es jugoso would sound more like describing an inherent or defining characteristic, which is much less natural here.

With food, Spanish commonly says things like:

• La carne está tierna = The meat is tender
• El pescado está seco = The fish is dry
• El pollo está delicioso = The chicken is delicious

So in this sentence, está is the normal choice.

What does muslo mean exactly? Is it always a chicken thigh?

Muslo literally means thigh. It can refer to:

• a person’s thigh
• an animal’s thigh
• a piece of meat, especially chicken

In a food context, el muslo very often means the thigh piece of the chicken or another bird. So whether it means a human thigh or a food item depends on context.

Why is it el muslo and not la muslo?

Because muslo is a masculine noun in Spanish, so it takes the masculine singular article el.

• el muslo
• un muslo
• este muslo

This is something you mostly just have to learn with the noun. The ending -o is a strong clue that it is masculine, though not every noun follows that pattern.