⇒ One of the easiest ways to convey a very strong feeling or opinion about something is to use an exclamatory word or expression

⇒ Many exclamatory words are very similar to interrogative words, but instead of asking a question, they state an idea or opinion.

⇒ Check out these examples of exclamations:

⇒ Check out these examples of meaning-change adjectives:

⇒ Exclamatory words can make a simple phrase into a statement of surprise, anger, pain, etc.

⇒ Which exclamatory word you use in Spanish will depend on what you want to say and the type of word that comes after the exclamatory word.

⇒ Below you'll find some handy tips and examples to help make you an exclamatory master.

⇒ Notice that all exclamatory words carry a written accent, or tilde, just like interrogative words.

⇒ Qué is used in front of nouns, adjectives, and adverbs to say how or what.

⇒ Check out these examples with qué:

⇒ When an adjective follows a noun in a qué expression, it is often preceded by más or tan.

• ¡Qué casa más linda! = What a lovely house!
• ¡Qué hombre tan chulo! = What a hot guy!

⇒ Cómo is used before conjugated verbs and means how.

⇒ Cuán is used before phrases that begin with an adjective or adverb and are followed by a verb phrase. It means how.

⇒ Cuán is mostly used in literary works and is not commonly heard in speech. You're much more likely to hear qué in everyday Spanish.

⇒ Cuánto is used in front of nouns and verb phrases and means how, how much, how many, what, etc.

⇒ To modify a noun, cuánto must match the noun it precedes in gender and number. To modify a verb, the masculine singular form (cuánto) is always used.