Learn Spanish (Latin America): Sinceramente, este es el desempeño más notorio del grupo. - Honestly, this is the most noticeable performance of the group.

Sinceramente, este es el desempeño más notorio del grupo.

Honestly, this is the most noticeable performance of the group.

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How does sinceramente function differently at the beginning of the sentence with a comma, compared to being placed next to the verb?

When placed at the very beginning and followed by a comma, sinceramente acts as a speaker attitude marker. It doesn't describe how the action was performed, but rather expresses your own attitude about the entire statement (i.e., 'I am being honest when I say...').

Wait, doesn't notorio mean 'notorious' (famous for something bad)?

This is a common false friend! In Spanish, notorio just means 'noticeable', 'evident', or 'well-known', and it doesn't have the negative baggage that 'notorious' has in English. If you wanted to say someone is 'notorious' (infamous), you would use a phrase like tristemente célebre or de mala fama.

Can I use actuación or presentación instead of desempeño for 'performance'?

It depends on the context. Desempeño refers to how well someone executes their duties or tasks (like a job performance, academic achievement, or an athlete's execution). If this were a theatrical or musical performance, actuación or presentación would be the better choice.

Shouldn't este have an accent mark (éste) since it is replacing the noun as a pronoun here?

It used to! However, the Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) updated their rules to state that demonstrative pronouns (este, ese, aquel) no longer need written accent marks, even when they stand alone to mean 'this one'. You will still see the accent in older texts, but it is no longer required.