Breakdown of Por cierto, ¡cómo disfrutamos esa noticia impactante!
esa
that (feminine)
cómo
how
la noticia
the news
disfrutar
to enjoy
por cierto
by the way
impactante
shocking
Questions & Answers about Por cierto, ¡cómo disfrutamos esa noticia impactante!
Why use Por cierto here, and could I use a propósito instead?
Por cierto is a discourse marker used to introduce a digression, exactly like "by the way" in English. You can absolutely use a propósito here instead; they are completely interchangeable in this context.
Does cómo in this exclamation mean "in what way" or "how much"?
Here, cómo means "how much." In Spanish exclamations, ¡cómo...! followed by a verb is a very common way to emphasize the intensity of an action, rather than the manner in which it was done.
I've seen disfrutar de before. Why is there no de after disfrutamos here?
The verb disfrutar (to enjoy) can be used both with and without the preposition de. Using it directly with the object, like disfrutamos esa noticia, is very common in Latin America and sounds perfectly natural.
Why is noticia singular here if it translates to "news"?
In English, "news" is an uncountable noun. But in Spanish, noticia is countable and refers to one specific news item or story. If you were talking about multiple new pieces of information, you would use the plural: esas noticias impactantes.
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