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El otro gemelo es hermosísimo, pero es tímido.

El otro gemelo es hermosísimo, pero es tímido.
The other twin is very beautiful, but he is shy.
From Lesson 250:Comparatives of equality (igual de... que)·Spanish (Latin America)

Breakdown of El otro gemelo es hermosísimo, pero es tímido.

ser
to be
pero
but
otro
other
hermoso
beautiful (handsome, lovely)
el gemelo
the twin
tímido
shy

Questions & Answers about El otro gemelo es hermosísimo, pero es tímido.

What does the ending -ísimo do in hermosísimo?
Adding -ísimo to an adjective is a common way to say "very" or "extremely" without using the word muy. Here, hermoso (beautiful) becomes hermosísimo (very beautiful). Note that you drop the final -o of the original adjective before adding the ending.
Does hermosísimo change if we are talking about a female twin?
Yes! Just like regular adjectives, words ending in -ísimo must agree in gender and number with the noun they describe. If we were talking about a female twin (la otra gemela), she would be hermosísima.
I sometimes want to say un otro for "another". Why is it just el otro here?
In Spanish, the word otro (other/another) never takes un or una before it. Saying un otro is a very common mistake for English speakers. Because we are saying "the other" in this specific sentence, we just use the definite article el to make el otro gemelo.
Why do we use es (from the verb ser) for tímido? Isn't being shy a temporary feeling?
We use ser here because the speaker is describing shyness as a fundamental personality trait of the twin, not just a temporary mood. Core characteristics—both physical like hermosísimo and psychological like tímido—use ser.

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