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El gato anaranjado come mucho.

El gato anaranjado come mucho.
The orange cat eats a lot.
From Lesson 10:Adjective agreement·Spanish (Latin America)

Questions & Answers about El gato anaranjado come mucho.

Why is anaranjado placed after gato?
In Spanish, descriptive words (adjectives) usually come right after the noun they describe. Instead of saying 'the orange cat' like in English, Spanish structure translates closer to 'the cat orange' (el gato anaranjado).
Why does anaranjado end in -o?
Adjectives in Spanish have to match the gender and number of the noun they describe. Because gato is a singular, masculine noun, the adjective takes its masculine singular form, anaranjado. If we were talking about a female cat, it would be la gata anaranjada.
I thought the Spanish word for orange was naranja. Why is it anaranjado here?
Naranja is the word for the fruit, but it is also commonly used for the color. However, anaranjado specifically means 'orange-colored'. It is a regular adjective that changes its ending to match the noun (-o, -a, -os, -as), making it a great word for practicing adjective agreement!
Does mucho end in -o to match gato?
Not in this sentence! Here, mucho means 'a lot' and it is describing the action of eating (come), not the cat itself. When a word describes an action, it never changes its ending to match a noun. It will always stay as mucho.
Why is the verb form come instead of como?
Come comes from the regular verb comer (to eat). Since 'the cat' is doing the eating, we treat it like a 'he' or 'it'. For regular verbs ending in -er, the 'he/she/it' form ends in -e. If you were saying 'I eat', it would be yo como.

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