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El viaje es carísimo por los peajes.

El viaje es carísimo por los peajes.
The trip is extremely expensive because of the tolls.
From Lesson 93:Causes, duration, and transit (por)·Spanish (Latin America)

Questions & Answers about El viaje es carísimo por los peajes.

Why do we use por here instead of porque?
In this lesson, we are learning that por can mean "because of" or "due to." It tells us the cause or reason for the high price. You use por when it is followed directly by a noun, like los peajes (the tolls). If you wanted to use porque (because), you would need a full phrase with a verb, like porque hay peajes (because there are tolls).
How does the word carísimo work?
The ending -ísimo is attached to adjectives to mean "extremely," "super," or "very, very." Here, it takes the adjective caro (expensive), drops the final -o, and adds -ísimo to make carísimo (extremely expensive).
Why use es instead of está to say the trip is expensive?
We use es (from the verb ser) because the price is considered a defining characteristic of this specific trip. Describing the core qualities of a noun, like its overall cost or nature, requires ser rather than estar.

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