Breakdown of Este peluche es más bonito que el juguete viejo.
ser
to be
bonito
pretty / nice
viejo
old
que
that / than
Questions & Answers about Este peluche es más bonito que el juguete viejo.
How do you say "prettier" in Spanish if there is no "-er" ending like in English?
In Spanish, you don't add endings to adjectives to make them comparative. Instead, you use the formula más (more) + adjective + que (than). So, "prettier than" literally translates to "more pretty than" (más bonito que).
Why is "this" translated as este instead of esto?
Este is the masculine singular form of "this" used right before a masculine noun like peluche. Esto is a neutral word for "this" that is only used when referring to an abstract idea, a general situation, or an unidentified object (like asking "What is this?"). Since we are specifically naming the masculine object, we must use este.
I thought que meant "what" or "that". Why is it used here?
While qué (with an accent) means "what" and que often means "that", in a comparison it translates to "than". The structure más ... que is the standard way to say "more ... than" in Spanish.