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Curiosamente, la mejora fue rápida y muy notoria.

Curiosamente, la mejora fue rápida y muy notoria.
Curiously, the improvement was fast and very noticeable.
From Lesson 327:Speaker attitude markers (sinceramente, francamente, curiosamente)·Spanish (Latin America)

Questions & Answers about Curiosamente, la mejora fue rápida y muy notoria.

Why does curiosamente come at the very beginning of the sentence?
When adverbs like curiosamente are used to express the speaker's attitude about the entire situation rather than describing how a specific action was done, they are usually placed at the start of the sentence and set off with a comma. It frames the whole statement as something the speaker finds surprising or interesting.
Does notoria mean the same thing as the English word notorious?
Not quite! In English, notorious usually means famous for something bad. In Spanish, notorio or notoria is a false friend that simply means noticeable, clear, or obvious, without any negative spin.
Why do we use fue (from ser) instead of estuvo (from estar) to say the improvement was fast?
We use ser here because the sentence is describing the defining characteristics of an event or process (the improvement). When summarizing how an event took place or what its core traits were, Spanish uses ser.
I know the verb mejorar. Is la mejora the standard noun for improvement?
Yes! La mejora is the most common noun for an improvement. You might also occasionally see the longer noun el mejoramiento, but la mejora is the most natural choice for everyday improvements like health, skills, or economic recovery.

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