Breakdown of Este aceite me hace relucir la cara; deja la piel reluciente.
hacer
to do / to make
me
to me / me (direct object)
la cara
the face
este
this
el aceite
the oil
dejar
to stop / to leave (something behind)
la piel
the skin
relucir
to gleam
reluciente
gleaming
Questions & Answers about Este aceite me hace relucir la cara; deja la piel reluciente.
How is the adjective reluciente formed from the verb relucir?
The suffix -nte creates an active participle, which is an adjective describing a noun that actually performs the action of the verb. For most -er and -ir verbs, you drop the infinitive ending and add -iente or -ente. Here, the verb relucir (to gleam) naturally becomes the adjective reluciente (gleaming).
Do adjectives ending in -nte like reluciente change for gender?
No. Adjectives that end in -e, including all active participles ending in -ante, -ente, and -iente, are gender-neutral. Reluciente matches the feminine noun la piel here, but it would look exactly the same with a masculine noun like el pelo. You only need to add an -s if the noun is plural.
Why does the first part say me hace relucir la cara instead of hace relucir mi cara?
When talking about body parts, Spanish strongly prefers to use the definite article (la cara) rather than a possessive adjective (mi cara). To show whose face it is, we use the indirect object pronoun me. A literal translation would be that the oil makes the face gleam to me.
How does the verb dejar function in the phrase deja la piel reluciente?
While dejar often means to leave something behind or to allow, here it is used with a direct object (la piel) and an adjective (reluciente) to describe a resulting condition. It works perfectly parallel to English here, meaning it leaves the skin in a gleaming state.
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