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Hay un balcón hermosísimo en la habitación.

Hay un balcón hermosísimo en la habitación.
There is an extremely beautiful balcony in the room.
From Lesson 78:Adjective intensification (-ísimo)·Spanish (Latin America)

Questions & Answers about Hay un balcón hermosísimo en la habitación.

How is the word hermosísimo formed here?
To make an adjective mean "extremely" or "super," you can add the suffix -ísimo. To do this, simply drop the final vowel of the original adjective (hermoso) and add the suffix, giving you hermosísimo.
Does hermosísimo change its ending depending on the noun?
Yes! Even with the -ísimo suffix attached, the adjective must still match the gender and number of the noun it describes. Because it describes un balcón (a masculine, singular noun), it uses the masculine singular ending, making it hermosísimo. If it described a feminine noun like una casa, it would be hermosísima.
Why does hermosísimo have an accent mark when hermoso doesn't?
The suffix -ísimo (and its other forms like -ísima) always takes a written accent mark on the first í. This ensures the spoken stress falls heavily on that syllable, giving it that dramatic "extremely!" emphasis.
Why use Hay in this sentence instead of Está?
Hay means "there is" or "there are" and is used to state that something exists, usually introduced with words like un or una (a/an). If we were talking about the location of a specific, already known balcony ("The balcony is in the room"), we would use está: El balcón está en la habitación.

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