Welcome to the talent show
When watching an exciting performance, you will need the right vocabulary to talk about the contest (el concurso) and the talent (el talento) on display.
| In this contest there is a lot of talent. | En este concurso hay mucho talento. |
Exclamations with adjectives
To emphasize how brilliant or ridiculous someone is, Spanish uses a special exclamation structure: ¡lo + adjective + que... !. In English, this usually translates to "How [adjective]...!"
| Look how brilliant the new participant is! | ¡Mira lo brillante que es el nuevo participante! |
| How ridiculous the host of the contest is! | ¡Lo ridículo que es el presentador del concurso! |
Even though you are using lo, remember that the adjective still needs to agree in gender and number with the person or thing it describes.
| How nervous the participant is because of the contest! | ¡Lo nervioso que está el participante por el concurso! |
Exclamations with adverbs
You can use this exact same structure with adverbs to emphasize how an action is performed (like how fast someone moves, or how much they impress the jury). The structure remains ¡lo + adverb + que... !.
| It is incredible how much his talent impresses! | ¡Es increíble lo mucho que impresiona su talento! |
| How fast the magician acts in the show! | ¡Lo rápido que actúa el mago en el espectáculo! |
Impressing the audience
If an audition (la audición) goes well, the participant might impress (impresionar) the audience enough to make them applaud (aplaudir).
| If the audition is good, the participant can impress the jury. | Si la audición es buena, la participante puede impresionar al jurado. |
| How brilliant the performance is! The audience applauds and the applause is loud. | ¡Lo brillante que es la actuación! El público aplaude y el aplauso es fuerte. |
