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Cualquiera puede improvisar un plan genial.

Cualquiera puede improvisar un plan genial.
Anyone can improvise a great plan.
From Lesson 336:The indefinite any (cualquier, cualquiera)·Spanish (Spain)

Questions & Answers about Cualquiera puede improvisar un plan genial.

Why is it Cualquiera here and not Cualquier?
In this sentence, Cualquiera is acting as a pronoun meaning 'anyone'. We only drop the final -a (making it cualquier) when the word comes directly before a singular noun, such as if you said cualquier plan (any plan). Because it stands completely on its own as the subject here, it stays as cualquiera.
Does cualquiera always use a singular verb like puede?
Yes! Even though 'anyone' can refer to a whole group of people in our minds, the word cualquiera is grammatically singular. You will always pair it with the third-person singular form of the verb, just like you would for él or ella.
Does the adjective genial change if we use a feminine noun instead of plan?
No, it stays exactly the same. Adjectives that end in a consonant, like the -l in genial, do not have separate masculine and feminine forms. If someone improvised a great idea instead, it would be una idea genial. You only add -es if the noun is plural (planes geniales).
Since it looks like 'genius', could I translate genial that way?
While it comes from the same root, genial is used much more casually in everyday Spanish to mean 'great', 'brilliant', or 'awesome'. Translating un plan genial as 'a great plan' captures the natural meaning much better than calling it a 'genius plan'.

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