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Old February 23, 2015, 12:37 AM
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Caro

The hardware shop is too expensive.
• La ferretería es demasiado cara.

Does ‘caro’ need to change to ‘cara’ even though it’s not the shop itself that’s expensive, but the items for sale inside the shop?

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Old February 23, 2015, 05:55 AM
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Yes, it does; the fact that at the semantic level "la ferretería" serves as a shorthand way to refer to the items for sale in the shop does not alter the requirement of number/gender agreement between noun and adjective at the grammatical level.
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¿No debería ser "demasiada cara"?
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Old February 23, 2015, 10:23 AM
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Me parece que no, Premium.

Demasiado + nombre:
• Tengo que hacer demasiadas cosas hoy.
• Hay demasiados papeles en el suelo.
• Hay demasiadas personas en mi casa.
• Tengo demasiadas fotos.

Demasiado + adjetivo:
• Mi madre está demasiado cansada.
• Esta casa es demasiado pequeña.
• Somos demasiado fuertes.
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Old February 23, 2015, 11:03 AM
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@Premium: fglorca está en lo correcto. "Demasiado" aquí funciona como adverbio que modifica un adjetivo. Sólo hay concordancia de género y número cuando es un adjetivo.
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