How to Say ‘Dinner was delicious.’ in Mexican Spanish
La cena estuvo riquísima.
lah SEH-nah ehs-TOO-boh ree-KEE-see-mah
[lah SEH-nah ehs-TOO-boh ree-KEE-see-mah]
💬 Usage Tip: Adding -ísimo or -ísima to the end of a word means "really" or "super": rica becomes riquísima. The c changes to qu here to keep the hard k sound.
Phrase Breakdown
La cena
lah SEH-nah
The dinner
In Mexico 'c' before 'e' sounds like 's', so say 'la SE-na'.
La cena está lista.
Dinner is ready.
Words in this phrase
La
[lah]
the
Feminine singular definite article used before a feminine noun.
La frase «La cultura de trabajo» empieza con «La».
The phrase “The work culture” begins with “La.”
cena
[SEH-nah]
dinner
The evening meal.
La cena empieza a las nueve.
Dinner starts at nine.
estuvo riquísima.
ehs-TOO-boh ree-KEE-see-mah
was delicious.
'Riquísima' means very tasty. Roll or tap the initial 'r' and stress 'QUÍ': 'ri-KÍ-si-ma'.
La sopa estuvo riquísima.
The soup was delicious.
Words in this phrase
estuvo
[ehs-TOO-boh]
it was
Past of 'estar', describing how something was.
La fiesta estuvo divertida.
The party was fun.
riquísima
[ree-KEE-see-mah]
really delicious
Superlative form of 'rica' (tasty, feminine); the -ísima ending means 'extremely'.
La sopa está riquísima.
The soup is really delicious.
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