Breakdown of Mi cara reluce ahora; está muy reluciente.
estar
to be (location/state)
ahora
now
mi
my
muy
very
Questions & Answers about Mi cara reluce ahora; está muy reluciente.
How is the adjective reluciente formed from the verb here?
It is built from the infinitive verb relucir (to gleam or shine). To turn an -er or -ir verb into an adjective describing something that actively does that action, we drop the ending and add -iente. So, relucir becomes reluciente (gleaming).
Since cara is feminine, why doesn't the adjective change to relucienta?
Adjectives formed with the active participle suffixes (-ante, -ente, and -iente) are mostly gender-neutral. They end in -e for both masculine and feminine nouns. So, whether you are talking about a feminine face (cara reluciente) or a masculine car (auto reluciente), the ending stays the same. You do still add an -s for plurals, though!
Why does this sentence use está instead of es with the adjective?
Since relucir ends in -cir, shouldn't there be a z in the verb ?