Question 1

Why is it esta moto instead of este moto?

Accepted Answer

The word moto is an abbreviation of motocicleta. Because the full word is feminine, the shortened version keeps the feminine gender, which is why it takes the feminine demonstrative adjective esta. You will see this same pattern with la foto (from fotografía) and la radio (from radiodifusión).

Question 2

Does brutal mean violent here, like it usually does in English?

Accepted Answer

Not in this context. While brutal can mean violent or savage, in casual spoken Spanish it is very commonly used as slang to mean awesome, spectacular, or mind-blowing. A diseño brutal means the design is incredibly cool and striking.

Question 3

Why are both radical and brutal placed after the noun diseño?

Accepted Answer

In Spanish, descriptive adjectives that tell us what kind of thing we are talking about usually follow the noun. When you have two descriptive adjectives modifying the same noun, you simply place them both after the noun and separate them with y, as in diseño radical y brutal.

Question 4

Since this lesson is about a lo phrases, how could I use that structure to talk about this motorcycle?

Accepted Answer

The a lo structure creates an adverbial phrase, which means it has to describe an action rather than a noun. Instead of saying the motorcycle has a brutal design, you could describe the action of designing it by saying Diseñaron esta moto a lo brutal, meaning they designed it in a rough, extreme, or intensely spectacular way.

Esta moto tiene un diseño radical y brutal.

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