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El gato de mi amigo es súper curioso.

El gato de mi amigo es súper curioso.
My friend's cat is super curious.
From Lesson 235:Colloquial superlatives (re-, súper-)·Spanish (Latin America)

Questions & Answers about El gato de mi amigo es súper curioso.

How does the prefix súper work here, and does it need to match the gender of the cat?
The word súper acts as an intensifier modifying the adjective curioso. Because it functions as a prefix here, it never changes for gender or number. Even if we were talking about female cats (las gatas), it would still be súper curiosas.
Why does súper have an accent mark in this sentence?
When súper is written as a separate word before an adjective, it carries an accent mark on the u. However, official Spanish spelling rules actually recommend writing it completely attached to the adjective without an accent, like supercurioso. In everyday Latin American writing, you will see both styles used constantly.
Why do we use es instead of está for being curious? Isn't curiosity a temporary feeling?
While a cat can act curious in a specific moment, using es (from the verb ser) tells us that being curious is a permanent personality trait of this specific cat. If you used está, it would mean the cat is acting curious right now about a specific thing, rather than it being a lifelong characteristic.
Why is it El gato de mi amigo and not something like mi amigo's gato?
Spanish doesn't have an apostrophe-s structure for possession. Instead, you always use the formula 'the [object] of [owner]'. So, my friend's cat must always be phrased as el gato de mi amigo.

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