Learn Spanish (Latin America): La mujer dice que el pescado está resalado. - The woman says that the fish is super salty.

La mujer dice que el pescado está resalado.

The woman says that the fish is super salty.

Breakdown of La mujer dice que el pescado está resalado.

estar

to be (location/state)

Questions & Answers about La mujer dice que el pescado está resalado.

How does the prefix re- work in resalado?

In many parts of Latin America, re- is a colloquial prefix added directly to adjectives and adverbs to mean "very" or "super." Here, it attaches to salado (salty) to make resalado (super salty). It means the same thing as muy salado but sounds much more informal and natural in everyday speech.

Why do we use está instead of es to say the fish is super salty?

We use estar to describe how food tastes at a specific moment or how a specific dish turned out. Saying está resalado means this particular piece of fish is too salty. If you used ser (es resalado), it would imply that this type of fish is naturally a super salty food all the time.

Why is the word pescado used here instead of pez?

In Spanish, a pez is a live fish swimming in the water. Once it is caught and becomes food, the word changes to pescado. Since the woman is commenting on how the fish tastes, it is definitely pescado.

Can I drop the word que and just say "La mujer dice el pescado está resalado"?