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La primera impresión es muy importante.

La primera impresión es muy importante.
The first impression is very important.
From Lesson 271:Making a good impression (la impresión, honesto, el conocimiento)·Spanish (Spain)

Breakdown of La primera impresión es muy importante.

ser
to be
muy
very
importante
important
primero
first
la impresión
the impression

Questions & Answers about La primera impresión es muy importante.

Why do we use es instead of está here?
We use es (from the verb ser) because being important is a fundamental, defining characteristic of a first impression, rather than a temporary state or condition.
Why does primera come before the noun impresión, rather than after it?
In Spanish, ordinal numbers like primera (first), segundo (second), and tercera (third) usually go before the noun they describe, unlike most descriptive adjectives which generally go after.
Since impresión is feminine, why doesn't importante end in -a?
Adjectives that end in -e, like importante or inteligente, do not change for gender. They stay exactly the same whether they describe a masculine or a feminine noun.
Is there a rule for the gender of words ending in -sión like impresión?
Yes, nouns ending in -sión or -ción are almost always feminine, which is why it uses La. Also, remember that if you make it plural (las impresiones), you must drop the written accent mark because the natural spoken stress already falls on the correct syllable.

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