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Nuevo flamante or flamante nuevo?


Glen April 17, 2017 07:28 PM

Nuevo flamante or flamante nuevo?
 
For "brand new" I've been saying flamante nuevo but recently got corrected to say instead nuevo flamante. Was the correction in order?

AngelicaDeAlquezar April 17, 2017 08:42 PM

The order would be mostly determined, as usual by what you want to emphasize.
I'd tend to put "flamante" first, because that's the more important idea for me.
Also, I would prefer "something" to go in between both adjectives, as I don't like very much the sound of them together, but if I have to choose, I prefer your proposal --"flamante nuevo".

- Mi flamante coche nuevo.
- Una flamante casa nueva.
- Esta flamante y nueva generación.
- Nuestra nueva y flamante colección de zapatos. (Since it's a product that is renewed often, the most important idea is the fact that it's a new collection, but both orders would work.)




...Yet... if you want to use a "Mexicanism", you may say "nuevecito"... or "nuevecititito", the amount of "ti"s is how much you want to emphasize the fact that the object is brand, really brand new. ;)

- Juan trae un coche nuevecito.
- Tengo el disco nuevo de Depeche Mode: nuevecititito, salió hoy.
- Mi colección de juguetes de la Guerra de las Galaxias (Star Wars), está nuevecita; nunca abrí los empaques.

poli April 19, 2017 07:50 AM

Those Mexicanisms are also Caribbeanisms;)

aleCcowaN April 19, 2017 01:08 PM

un automóvil cero-kilómetro (or "recién salido de fábrica")
una casa a estrenar
ropa nueva, muebles nuevos
recién sacado de la caja...
un estreno (canción, película)
totalmente nuevo/a or original (publicación, documental, obra)

not to be confused with

impecables condiciones (mint condition)

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Un político dirige un discurso a la muchedumbre mientras un borracho se tambalea entre los presentes:
Político- "¡Porque por estos bolsillos nunca ha pasado el dinero del pueblo!"
Borracho- "Así que estamos de estreno ¿no?"

AngelicaDeAlquezar April 19, 2017 02:07 PM

@Poli: That's great to know, thanks! :)


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