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El récord de la cueva más profunda del mundo es nuevo.

El récord de la cueva más profunda del mundo es nuevo.
The record for the deepest cave in the world is new.
From Lesson 77:Relative superlatives (el más... de)·Spanish (Latin America)

Questions & Answers about El récord de la cueva más profunda del mundo es nuevo.

Why is the word order la cueva más profunda instead of la más profunda cueva?
In Spanish, when you want to say 'the most [adjective] [noun]', the noun usually comes before the 'most' part. The formula is: definite article (el, la, los, las) + noun + más or menos + adjective. So, 'the deepest cave' is literally 'the cave most deep' (la cueva más profunda).
Why does it say del mundo instead of en el mundo for 'in the world'?
When making a relative superlative like 'the deepest cave in the world', English uses the word 'in' to show the group or place. Spanish uses the preposition de (of) for this. Since de is followed by el, they combine to make the contraction del mundo.
Does de mean 'for' in El récord de?
Literally, de means 'of' or 'from'. Spanish often uses de to link nouns together where English might use 'for', 'about', or just put the nouns side by side. Here, El récord de la cueva literally means 'the record of the cave', which sounds more natural in English as 'the record for the cave'.
Why is the last word nuevo and not nueva, since cueva is a feminine word?
The adjective nuevo (new) is describing el récord (the record), which is masculine. The phrase de la cueva más profunda del mundo is just extra information telling us which record we are talking about. Since récord is the main subject and it is masculine, the adjective at the end must be nuevo.

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