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Spanish (Spain)

### Exclaiming About Large Quantities

When expressing shock at a massive amount of something, use the highly expressive, colloquial structure **¡la de... que...!** 

This translates roughly to "The amount of..." or "The number of...". The pattern is **¡la de** + noun + **que** + conjugated verb + **!**.

Notice that **la de** is fixed. It acts as shorthand for *la cantidad de* (the quantity of), so it stays feminine singular regardless of whether the noun that follows is masculine, feminine, singular, or plural.

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### Celebrity Lifestyles

This structure is perfect for gossiping about a celebrity's excessive wardrobe or the extravagant habits of their entourage. 

Before looking at more examples, let's highlight a very useful Spanish verb for talking about fashion:

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Now let's put it all together to exclaim about walk-in closets (**vestidores**), outfits (**conjuntos**), and entourages (**séquitos**).

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Exclamations of quantity (¡la de... que...!)

adjective

adverb

conjunction

contraction

determiner

interjection

noun

numeral

preposition

pronoun

sentence

verb

Singular subjects and 'ser' (yo soy, esto es)

Plural nouns and definite articles (los, las)

Plural pronouns and 'ser' (somos, sois, son)

Adjective agreement (-o, -a, -os, -as)

Indefinite articles (un, una, unos, unas)

Simple negation (no)

Yes/no questions

Regular '-ar' verbs (-o, -as, -a...)

Regular '-er' verbs (-o, -es, -e...)

Regular '-ir' verbs (-o, -es, -e...)

Locative adverbs (aquí, allí)

Question words (quién, cómo)

The verb estar (estoy, estás)

The preposition en (en)

Ser vs. estar

The verb tener (tengo, tienes)

Possessive determiners (mi, tu, su)

Origin and possession (de, del)

The verb ir (voy, vas)

Destination (a, al)

The personal 'a' (a)

Stem-changing verbs: e to ie

Stem-changing verbs: o to ue

Irregular first-person verbs

Reflexive verbs (me, te, se)

Numbers 1 to 10 (uno, dos, tres)

Numbers 11 to 20 (once, doce, trece)

Counting by tens to 100 (treinta, cuarenta, cien)

Compound numbers up to 99 (veintiuno, treinta y uno)

Days of the week (el lunes, el martes)

The family and the personal 'a' (a mi tío, a mi prima)

Months of the year

Telling time (es la, son las)

Verbs of liking (me gusta)

Plural agreement with verbs of liking (gustan)

Degree modifiers (muy, mucho)

Formal address (usted, ustedes)

Direct object pronouns (lo, la, los, las)

The near future (ir a)

Obligation (tener que)

Present continuous (-ando, -iendo)

Affirmative commands (tú, vosotros)

Basic Food and Drink

The Human Body: Head and Arms

The Human Body: Legs and Health

Wardrobe Essentials

Fresh Produce

Meals and Proteins

Public Transport

Hello and goodbye (hola, ¿qué tal?)

Thank you, sorry, OK (gracias, vale)

There is, there are (hay)

My building (la escalera, el ascensor)

Describing people (moreno, rubio, tímido)

Land and sea (el mar, el río, el norte)

Sightseeing (la plaza, la catedral)

Asking the way (cerca, a la derecha, todo recto)

In class (¿puedes repetir?)

Verb + infinitive (quiero comer, sé leer)

What's your name? (me llamo, encantado)

Phone, computer and email

Hundreds and thousands (doscientos, mil)

What do you do? (¿a qué te dedicas?)

Personal details (la edad, la fecha de nacimiento)

Me neither (también, tampoco, ni)

How much is it? (el precio, la vuelta)

What's the weather like? (hace sol, nieva)

Free time (el concierto, el tenis)

At the bar (¿qué vas a tomar?)

The Natural World

Demonstratives (este, ese, aquel)

Prepositions of place (encima de, debajo de)

Prepositional pronouns (para mí, contigo)

Ordinal numbers 1st to 10th (primero to décimo)

Adverbs of frequency (a veces, nunca)

Exclamations (¡qué...!)

Indefinite pronouns (algo, alguien)

Indefinite determiners (algún, ningún)

Indirect object pronouns (le, les)

Double object pronouns (me lo, te la)

Double object pronouns (se lo, se la)

Verbs of preference (encantar, interesar)

Impersonal obligation (hay que)

Starting and finishing actions (empezar a, terminar de)

Adjective comparatives (más que, menos que)

Comparatives of equality (tan como)

Noun comparatives (tanto como)

Question	Answer
the celebrity	la celebridad
the walk-in closet	el vestidor
The number of shoes that the celebrity has in the walk-in closet!	¡La de zapatos que tiene la celebridad en el vestidor!
frivolous	frívolo
That celebrity is very frivolous, even though she has talent.	Esa celebridad es muy frívola, a pesar de que tiene talento.
the outfit	el conjunto
The number of outfits that fit in that walk-in closet!	¡La de conjuntos que caben en ese vestidor!
to wear for the first time	estrenar
The number of outfits that she wears for the first time every week!	¡La de conjuntos que estrena cada semana!
the accessory (general, attachment)	el accesorio
Today he has worn a very expensive accessory for the first time.	Hoy ha estrenado un accesorio muy caro.
the assistant	el asistente
The number of accessories that her assistant buys!	¡La de accesorios que compra su asistente!
the entourage	el séquito
The assistant always travels with the entourage.	El asistente viaja siempre con el séquito.
to waste (time, food, opportunities)	desperdiciar
The amount of food that that entourage wastes!	¡La de comida que desperdicia ese séquito!
the extravagance	la extravagancia
Wasting so much money is an extravagance.	Desperdiciar tanto dinero es una extravagancia.
The number of extravagances that that frivolous man says!	¡La de extravagancias que dice ese hombre tan frívolo!
I would not wear what that celebrity would wear.	Yo no me pondría lo que se pondría esa celebridad.
The amount of money that that celebrity would have!	¡La de dinero que tendría esa celebridad!
What the entourage would do seems frivolous to me.	Lo que haría el séquito me parece frívolo.
The amount of dresses the actress has!	¡La de vestidos que tiene la actriz!
The amount of money the actor wastes!	¡La de dinero que desperdicia el actor!
The amount of shoes the presenter keeps!	¡La de zapatos que guarda el presentador!
The amount of jewels the singer buys!	¡La de joyas que compra la cantante!