Breakdown of La celebridad insoportable grita como si fuera la reina.
ser
to be
gritar
to shout
como
as / like (such as, similar to)
la
the (feminine)
si
if
la reina
the queen
insoportable
unbearable
la celebridad
the celebrity
Questions & Answers about La celebridad insoportable grita como si fuera la reina.
Why do we use fuera instead of the present tense es here?
The phrase como si (as if) sets up a hypothetical situation. In Spanish, como si is always followed by the imperfect (past) subjunctive, like fuera, even when the main action (grita) is happening right now in the present.
Is fuera from the verb ser (to be) or ir (to go)?
Is the word celebridad always feminine, even if the celebrity is a man?
Yes! Celebridad is a feminine noun, so it always takes la and feminine adjectives. Even if you are talking about a famous male actor, he is still la celebridad.
Could I use the other imperfect subjunctive ending and say como si fuese la reina?
Yes, fuera and fuese mean exactly the same thing and are interchangeable. Fuera is much more common in spoken Latin American Spanish, but you will also see fuese in books and sometimes hear it in conversation.
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