Breakdown of Esa pasarela muestra la nueva tendencia.
nuevo
new
esa
that (feminine)
mostrar
to show
la pasarela
the runway
la tendencia
the trend
Questions & Answers about Esa pasarela muestra la nueva tendencia.
How would I use the grammar from this lesson to exclaim "What a new trend!" based on this sentence?
Why is the verb muestra instead of "mostra"?
Muestra comes from the verb mostrar (to show). It is an "o-to-ue" stem-changing verb, meaning the o in the root changes to ue in the present tense for all forms except the "we" form (nosotros mostramos). Since the runway is an "it", we use the singular muestra.
Why is nueva placed before tendencia instead of after it?
While most descriptive adjectives go after the noun in Spanish, adjectives indicating age or sequence (like nuevo, viejo, or próximo) frequently go before it. Placing nueva before tendencia emphasizes that it is the latest or newly arrived trend, which sounds very natural here.
I have seen pasarela used for a pedestrian footbridge. Does it also mean a fashion runway?
Yes! A pasarela refers to a narrow walkway or bridge. In everyday city life it means a pedestrian overpass, but in the context of fashion and clothing, it is the exact word used for a "runway" or "catwalk."
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