Giving a date compliments: Responding gracefully to a compliment

💬 quedar is the go-to verb for clothes suiting someone: te queda bien, and for plural items te quedan genial.

💬 queda works like "suits": the clothing does the action, and te marks who it suits. Swap in me for yourself: me queda grande "it's too big on me".

🇪🇸 Said with a pleased, rising tone, it shows you're happily surprised by a compliment, a light way to accept it.

💬 Adding -ísimo to an adjective makes it "super": viejo becomes viejísimo. Same trick works with guapo to guapísimo.

🇪🇸 Playing down a compliment like this is very common in Spain and comes across as modest, not ungrateful. The other person usually insists, as in the reply.

💬 pues at the start is a filler like "well", used constantly in Spain to ease into a reply.

🇪🇸 Adding de verdad "really, truly" makes the thanks sincere, a good way to finally accept a compliment after brushing it off once.

💬 ir "to go" is used here to describe how someone looks dressed: vas muy guapo "you look very handsome". It's about the outfit today, not how the person always is.

🇪🇸 Returning the compliment with tú también is the most graceful way to respond on a date, it shifts attention back to them.

💬 ¿vamos a...? plus an action is an easy way to suggest a plan: ¿vamos a tomar algo? "shall we get a drink?"

🇪🇸 Dinner in Spain usually starts around 9 or 10 pm, so don't suggest it at 7.

💬 venga here isn't "come" but "come on"; Spaniards also use it to mean "okay" or "bye".