muy fluido
/mui flwido/from spelling rules
The Spanish phrase for "very fluent" is muy fluido.
The phrase muy fluido is most commonly used to describe the flow of a language itself, such as un español muy fluido. While it can be used to describe a person's speech, it is often more natural to use the verbal phrase hablar con fluidez (to speak with fluency) when you want to describe a person's ability to speak a language.
Which one should you use?
To describe a person's skill, speakers often prefer the verbal phrase hablar con fluidez over the adjective fluido.
How does it change in a sentence?
The adjective must agree in gender with the noun it modifies: use muy fluido for masculine nouns and muy fluida for feminine nouns.
Did you know?
- If you say soy muy fluido to describe yourself, a native speaker might picture you as a liquid or a gas rather than a talented speaker.
- When describing a person's fluency, Spanish speakers often use the phrase tener soltura, which literally means 'to have looseness' or 'ease'.
- The root of fluido comes from the Latin fluere, meaning 'to flow', which is the same root used for the English word 'influence'.
Examples in context
- Tengo un dominio avanzado del español.I have an advanced mastery of Spanish.
- Me manejo muy suelto en español.I am very fluent in Spanish.
- Su español es muy fluido.Her Spanish is very fluent.
- El discurso fue muy fluido.The speech was very fluent.
- Necesito que el texto sea muy fluido.I need the text to be very fluent.
Example conversation
Alejandro and Elena are discussing their language skills.
- AlejandroElena, hablas italiano muy fluido.Elena, you speak Italian very fluently.
- ElenaGracias, pero todavía cometo errores.Thank you, but I still make mistakes.
- AlejandroNo te preocupes, suena muy natural.Don't worry, it sounds very natural.
- ElenaEso es muy amable de tu parte.That is very kind of you.
Sources
- IPA marked “from spelling rules” is derived from standard Spanish spelling, where Wiktionary gives none.
