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Old March 19, 2012, 01:13 PM
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I agree with the above. (Oxford gives some good examples of usages.)

hermoso
= beautiful, lovely; handsome; fine
a (bello) beautiful, lovely; un hermoso poema = a beautiful poem
b (grande, magnífico) splendid; le sirvieron una hermosa porción de pastel = they gave her a generous or lovely big piece of cake; un hermoso ejemplar de esta especie = a fine or splendid example of this species; ¡qué manzanas tan hermosas ! = what lovely apples!
c (lozano, corpulento) big and healthy, bonny; ¡qué hermoso está este niño! = what a bonny o a big healthy child he is!; su novia es bien hermosota (AmL) = his girlfriend is a great big healthy-looking girl, his girlfriend is a strapping o a big, bonny lass (BrE colloq)
d (noble) ‹ acción/gesto › noble

precioso
adj. precious; nice, lovely; beautiful
a (hermoso) beautiful, gorgeous, lovely
b (de gran valor) precious, valuable; estamos perdiendo un tiempo precioso = we’re wasting precious or valuable time


Ahí lo tienes, maja.
(Literally, "There you have it, nice [person]")
majo1 -ja adj (Esp fam)
a ‹ persona › (simpático) nice;
majo2 -ja m, f
1 (Esp) (apelativo): bueno majo, me despido right, (pal), I’m off;
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