A veces eres más poco imaginativo.

Sentence Discussions Spanish
#1
English Translation

Sometimes you’re so unimaginative.

I was fairly certain that “más” should be replaced by “muy” in this sentence so I googled “más poco o muy poco.” Google’s AI says: “Muy poco” es la forma correcta de expresar “very little” en español y es la opción más común y adecuada para intensificar la idea de “poco”. “Más poco” no es una construcción gramaticalmente correcta para ese propósito.

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#2

it sure looks wrong to me (edit: it’s not. I blame the lack of context)

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#3

Since I googled “más poco o muy poco" (rather than the full Clozemaster sentence with both options) the AI’s translation for “muy poco” doesn’t work in this context. Here it would be “not at all” (imaginative.)

#4

Para mi, la respuesta correcta debe ser “muy poco imaginativo.” Y ChatGPT esta de acuerdo.

#5

‘so unimaginative’ = ‘tan poco imaginativo’
‘very unimaginative’ = ‘muy poco imaginativo’

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#6

I was thinking that this might be something they say in the Americas, but the Tatoeba sentence was contributed by a Spaniard. It has also been given audio by another Spaniard.

#7

The sentence should be A veces eres más poco imaginativo… This is called in spanish entonación suspendida, the sentence is ‘‘not’’ complete but the meaning goes without saying. It’s a correct sentence and más can be changed with tan.

RAE’s explanation in Twitter: https://x.com/RAEinforma/status/1400431491381932033

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