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¡Qué pantalones de lino tan cómodos!

¡Qué pantalones de lino tan cómodos!
What comfortable linen trousers!
From Lesson 435:Clothing Fastenings and Materials·Spanish (Spain)

Questions & Answers about ¡Qué pantalones de lino tan cómodos!

Why does the word tan appear before cómodos here instead of just saying Qué cómodos pantalones de lino?
When an exclamation includes both a noun and an adjective, Spanish splits them up. The required formula is Qué + noun + tan (or más) + adjective. You are literally saying "What trousers of linen so comfortable!"
Could I use más instead of tan in this exclamation?
Yes, and it is extremely common in Spain! You will very often hear ¡Qué pantalones de lino más cómodos! In this specific exclamatory structure, más doesn't mean "more"—it functions exactly like tan to add emphasis to the adjective.
Why is the material lino connected with de instead of just acting as an adjective?
Unlike English, which easily stacks nouns to describe other nouns (like "linen trousers" or "leather jacket"), Spanish usually requires a preposition to show what something is made of. You must use de + material, making it pantalones de lino (trousers of linen).
I often see pantalón used in the singular for a single pair of pants. Could I use the singular in this exclamation?
Yes, absolutely! While English only uses the plural "trousers" or "pants", in Spain you can refer to a single garment as either un pantalón or unos pantalones. You could perfectly well say ¡Qué pantalón de lino tan cómodo! and it would mean exactly the same thing.

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