El solomillo está jugoso, ahumado y tierno.

Because estar is commonly used for a food’s condition or resulting state, especially when talking about how it is cooked or how it tastes right now.

So in El solomillo está jugoso, ahumado y tierno, the speaker is describing the steak/tenderloin as it is at this moment: juicy, smoky, and tender.

Compare:

• El solomillo está jugoso. = The steak is juicy.
• La carne es jugosa. = Meat is juicy. / Meat tends to be juicy.

Using ser would sound more like a general characteristic or definition, while estar fits the idea of the dish as served.

Está is the third-person singular form of estar in the present tense.

It matches el solomillo, which is singular.

Present tense of estar:

• yo estoy
• tú estás
• él/ella/usted está
• nosotros/as estamos
• vosotros/as estáis
• ellos/ellas/ustedes están

So:

• El solomillo está...
• Los solomillos están...

The accent mark in está shows both stress and meaning.

• está = is (verb form of estar)
• esta = this (feminine demonstrative/determiner, as in esta casa)

So the accent helps distinguish the verb from the word esta.

Solomillo is a masculine singular noun, so it takes el.

• el solomillo
• un solomillo

In this sentence, el usually means the speaker is talking about a specific piece of meat, such as the one on the plate or the one being discussed.

In Spain, solomillo usually refers to a tenderloin/fillet cut of meat. Depending on context, it may be beef or pork, and the exact English translation can vary.

So although you may see a translation like steak, fillet, or tenderloin, the key idea is that solomillo is a specific, prized cut of meat.

Because they must agree with solomillo, which is masculine singular.

So you get:

• jugoso
• ahumado
• tierno

If the noun were feminine singular, the adjectives would normally change:

• La carne está jugosa, ahumada y tierna.

If the noun were masculine plural:

• Los solomillos están jugosos, ahumados y tiernos.

This is standard adjective agreement in Spanish.

It can suggest either, depending on context.

In food descriptions, ahumado often means:

• it has a smoky flavor, or
• it has been smoked in some way

So in a restaurant-style sentence like this, ahumado usually describes the flavor/profile of the dish rather than forcing one exact cooking method.

They are being listed as coordinate adjectives: jugoso, ahumado y tierno.

This works much like English:

• juicy, smoky, and tender

In Spanish, it is normal to separate items in a list with commas and use y before the last item.

Also note that Spanish normally does not use a comma before y in a simple list, so:

• jugoso, ahumado y tierno ✔
• jugoso, ahumado, y tierno ✘ in normal Spanish punctuation

Yes. The order is flexible, especially in descriptive lists.

For example:

• El solomillo está tierno, jugoso y ahumado.
• El solomillo está ahumado, tierno y jugoso.

All are grammatically correct. The order usually depends on:

• what sounds most natural
• which quality the speaker wants to emphasize first

That said, some orders may feel more natural than others in real usage.

Yes. You can use one, two, or all three.

For example:

• El solomillo está jugoso.
• El solomillo está jugoso y tierno.
• El solomillo está tierno.

Spanish does not require a fixed number of adjectives here; this sentence is simply giving a fuller description.

It is possible grammatically, but it changes the feel.

• está = describes how this particular serving is, especially as prepared
• es = sounds more like a general or defining characteristic

So if you are describing the dish in front of you, está is the natural choice.

If you were speaking more generally about the cut itself, you might hear es in some contexts, but for food served on a plate, estar is usually what learners should expect.

A useful approximate pronunciation is:

so-lo-MEE-yo in many parts of Spain

A few notes:

• The stress falls on -mi-: soloMILLo
• The ll sound varies across the Spanish-speaking world
• In much of Spain today, ll is pronounced like y
• In some areas, it may sound slightly different

So for most learners, pronouncing it roughly like so-lo-MEE-yo is a good start.