Word
¡La de postales caras que vende este estafador!
Meaning
The number of expensive postcards that this scammer sells!
Part of speech
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Breakdown of ¡La de postales caras que vende este estafador!
de
from / of
caro
expensive
que
that / than
vender
to sell
Questions & Answers about ¡La de postales caras que vende este estafador!
Why does it use singular La de when postales caras is plural?
In the exclamatory phrase ¡la de... que...!, the word la is a fixed expression that implies la cantidad (the amount). Because it refers to the singular idea of an amount, it stays singular as la de, even though the noun that follows (postales caras) is plural.
Could I use lo que instead of la de in this sentence?
No, because you are exclaiming about a specific noun (postales caras). You use ¡la de... que...! before a noun to mean the sheer number of that thing. The structure ¡lo que... ! is used directly with verbs to express an extreme degree or amount of an action. For example, ¡lo que vende este estafador! would mean the massive amount that this scammer sells.
Why is the subject este estafador placed after the verb vende?
Does estafador have anything to do with the English word staff?