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It is safe, it is correct, and after a while it is the only tool in the box. But Spanish has a whole ",[61,66,67],{},"ladder of degree",", and ",[61,70,63],{}," sits somewhere in the middle of it. Above it are boosters that crank a quality up; below it are ",[61,73,74],{},"downtoners"," that quietly turn it down. Learn the rungs and you stop saying ",[77,78,63],"em",{}," six times a paragraph and start sounding like a person who has choices.",[57,81,82,83,85,86,89,90,95],{},"If you have not sorted out ",[61,84,63],{}," versus ",[61,87,88],{},"mucho"," yet, the ",[91,92,94],"a",{"href":93},"\u002Fspanish\u002Fgrammar\u002Fadverbs-advanced","adverbs of degree page"," settles that pair in full. This page assumes it and climbs the rest of the ladder.",[97,98,100],"h2",{"id":99},"the-neutral-intensifiers","The neutral intensifiers",[57,102,103,104,107],{},"These raise the temperature without slang. They are fine in ",[61,105,106],{},"writing and speech"," alike.",[109,110,111,129,173,186],"ul",{},[112,113,114,116,117,120,121,124,125,128],"li",{},[61,115,63],{}," + adjective or adverb = ",[61,118,119],{},"very",". ",[61,122,123],{},"Muy caro",", ",[61,126,127],{},"muy bien",".",[112,130,131,134,135,138,139,142,143,146,147,150,151,154,155,158,159,124,162,158,165,168,169,128],{},[61,132,133],{},"-ísimo",", the ",[61,136,137],{},"absolute superlative"," = the quality maxed out. ",[61,140,141],{},"Carísimo"," (dear as anything), ",[61,144,145],{},"buenísimo"," (brilliant), ",[61,148,149],{},"facilísimo"," (dead easy). Drop the final vowel and add ",[61,152,153],{},"-ísimo \u002F -ísima \u002F -ísimos \u002F -ísimas"," to agree. Spelling shifts to watch: ",[61,156,157],{},"rico"," to ",[61,160,161],{},"riquísimo",[61,163,164],{},"largo",[61,166,167],{},"larguísimo",". There is a fuller drill on the ",[91,170,172],{"href":171},"\u002Fspanish\u002Fgrammar\u002Fcomparatives-superlatives","comparatives and superlatives page",[112,174,175,178,179,120,182,185],{},[61,176,177],{},"sumamente, enormemente, tremendamente"," + adjective = ",[61,180,181],{},"extremely, enormously, tremendously",[61,183,184],{},"Sumamente importante"," (extremely important). These are formal and read well in essays.",[112,187,188,178,191,120,194,124,197,200,201,203],{},[61,189,190],{},"realmente, verdaderamente, francamente",[61,192,193],{},"really, truly, frankly",[61,195,196],{},"Realmente bueno",[61,198,199],{},"francamente malo",". A touch more emphatic than ",[61,202,63],{}," and perfectly respectable in print.",[97,205,207],{"id":206},"the-colloquial-boosters","The colloquial boosters",[57,209,210,211,214],{},"Now the fireworks. These are ",[61,212,213],{},"speech-first",", some of them speech-only. Reach for them with friends, not in an exam.",[109,216,217,235,258,277],{},[112,218,219,178,222,120,225,124,228,124,231,234],{},[61,220,221],{},"super",[61,223,224],{},"really, super",[61,226,227],{},"Superguapo",[61,229,230],{},"superbién",[61,232,233],{},"super caro",". Written solid it is informal but everywhere among younger speakers.",[112,236,237,240,241,244,245,120,248,124,251,124,254,257],{},[61,238,239],{},"re-"," and ",[61,242,243],{},"requete-"," as prefixes = an emphatic, playful ",[61,246,247],{},"really",[61,249,250],{},"Rebueno",[61,252,253],{},"requetebueno",[61,255,256],{},"requetebién",". Warm, familiar, and firmly casual.",[112,259,260,240,263,266,267,120,270,124,273,276],{},[61,261,262],{},"mega-",[61,264,265],{},"hiper-"," = ",[61,268,269],{},"mega, hyper",[61,271,272],{},"Megafuerte",[61,274,275],{},"hipercaro",". Slangy and jokey.",[112,278,279,178,282,284,285,288,289,292,293,296],{},[61,280,281],{},"bien",[61,283,247],{}," (chiefly ",[61,286,287],{},"Latin America","). ",[61,290,291],{},"Bien caro"," (really dear), ",[61,294,295],{},"bien rico"," (really tasty). In Spain this reads as regional.",[57,298,299,300,303,304,307],{},"Then the ",[61,301,302],{},"noun-based crowd words",", all meaning roughly ",[61,305,306],{},"loads of",":",[109,309,310,319,329,338,347,357],{},[112,311,312,315,316,128],{},[61,313,314],{},"un montón de"," = a load of. ",[61,317,318],{},"Un montón de gente",[112,320,321,324,325,328],{},[61,322,323],{},"la mar de"," = a whole lot of. ",[61,326,327],{},"La mar de simpático"," (really nice).",[112,330,331,334,335,128],{},[61,332,333],{},"cantidad de"," = loads of. ",[61,336,337],{},"Cantidad de problemas",[112,339,340,343,344,128],{},[61,341,342],{},"la tira de"," = tons of (very colloquial, Spain). ",[61,345,346],{},"La tira de tiempo",[112,348,349,352,353,356],{},[61,350,351],{},"tela (de)"," = loads (slangy, Spain). ",[61,354,355],{},"Cuesta tela"," (it costs a fortune).",[112,358,359,266,362,365,366,369],{},[61,360,361],{},"¡qué de...!",[61,363,364],{},"what a lot of...!"," ",[61,367,368],{},"¡Qué de gente!"," (what a crowd!).",[97,371,373],{"id":372},"the-result-structures-tan-and-tanto","The result structures: tan and tanto",[57,375,376,377,380,381,128],{},"Two patterns turn intensity into a ",[61,378,379],{},"consequence"," with ",[61,382,383],{},"que",[109,385,386,401],{},[112,387,388,391,392,266,394,120,397,400],{},[61,389,390],{},"tan"," + adjective or adverb + ",[61,393,383],{},[61,395,396],{},"so ... that",[61,398,399],{},"Es tan caro que no lo compro."," (It is so dear that I am not buying it.)",[112,402,403,406,407,409,410,266,413,120,416,419,420,423],{},[61,404,405],{},"tanto"," + noun (agreeing) + ",[61,408,383],{},", or verb + ",[61,411,412],{},"tanto que",[61,414,415],{},"so much \u002F so many ... that",[61,417,418],{},"Había tanta gente que no cabíamos."," (There were so many people that we did not fit.) 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English speakers underuse these and end up sounding blunt.",[109,474,475,487,499,515,541,553,569,585],{},[112,476,477,178,480,120,483,486],{},[61,478,479],{},"un poco",[61,481,482],{},"a bit",[61,484,485],{},"Un poco cansado"," (a bit tired). Use it for mild negatives especially.",[112,488,489,178,492,120,495,498],{},[61,490,491],{},"algo",[61,493,494],{},"somewhat, slightly",[61,496,497],{},"Algo raro"," (a bit odd).",[112,500,501,266,504,120,507,510,511,514],{},[61,502,503],{},"más bien",[61,505,506],{},"rather",[61,508,509],{},"Más bien caro"," (rather dear), ",[61,512,513],{},"más bien tímido"," (rather shy).",[112,516,517,240,520,266,523,120,526,529,530,533,534,536,537,540],{},[61,518,519],{},"no muy",[61,521,522],{},"poco",[61,524,525],{},"not very",[61,527,528],{},"No muy alto","; or the leaner ",[61,531,532],{},"poco alto",", where ",[61,535,522],{}," before an adjective flips it negative (",[61,538,539],{},"poco probable",", unlikely).",[112,542,543,266,546,120,549,552],{},[61,544,545],{},"apenas",[61,547,548],{},"barely, hardly",[61,550,551],{},"Apenas lo noto"," (I barely notice it).",[112,554,555,178,558,120,561,564,565,568],{},[61,556,557],{},"medio",[61,559,560],{},"half",[61,562,563],{},"Medio dormido"," (half asleep), ",[61,566,567],{},"medio loco"," (half mad). Often invariable in this use.",[112,570,571,266,574,120,577,580,581,584],{},[61,572,573],{},"tirando a",[61,575,576],{},"leaning towards",[61,578,579],{},"Tirando a caro"," (on the dear side), ",[61,582,583],{},"tirando a frío"," (coldish).",[112,586,587,266,590,120,593,596],{},[61,588,589],{},"bastante",[61,591,592],{},"fairly, reasonably",[61,594,595],{},"Bastante bueno"," (fairly good). See the warning below.",[97,598,600],{"id":599},"the-ladder-softest-to-strongest","The ladder, softest to strongest",[602,603,604,623],"table",{},[605,606,607],"thead",{},[608,609,610,614,617,620],"tr",{},[611,612,613],"th",{},"Rung",[611,615,616],{},"Word",[611,618,619],{},"Example",[611,621,622],{},"English",[624,625,626,642,657,671,685,698,712,725,739,756],"tbody",{},[608,627,628,632,634,639],{},[629,630,631],"td",{},"barely",[629,633,545],{},[629,635,636,638],{},[61,637,545],{}," frío",[629,640,641],{},"barely cold",[608,643,644,646,649,654],{},[629,645,482],{},[629,647,648],{},"un poco \u002F algo",[629,650,651,653],{},[61,652,479],{}," caro",[629,655,656],{},"a bit dear",[608,658,659,661,663,668],{},[629,660,560],{},[629,662,557],{},[629,664,665,667],{},[61,666,557],{}," dormido",[629,669,670],{},"half asleep",[608,672,673,676,678,682],{},[629,674,675],{},"leaning",[629,677,573],{},[629,679,680,653],{},[61,681,573],{},[629,683,684],{},"on the dear side",[608,686,687,689,691,695],{},[629,688,506],{},[629,690,503],{},[629,692,693,653],{},[61,694,503],{},[629,696,697],{},"rather dear",[608,699,700,703,705,709],{},[629,701,702],{},"fairly",[629,704,589],{},[629,706,707,653],{},[61,708,589],{},[629,710,711],{},"fairly dear",[608,713,714,716,718,722],{},[629,715,119],{},[629,717,63],{},[629,719,720,653],{},[61,721,63],{},[629,723,724],{},"very dear",[608,726,727,729,732,736],{},[629,728,247],{},[629,730,731],{},"realmente \u002F super",[629,733,734,653],{},[61,735,221],{},[629,737,738],{},"really dear",[608,740,741,744,747,753],{},[629,742,743],{},"extremely",[629,745,746],{},"sumamente \u002F -ísimo",[629,748,749,750],{},"car",[61,751,752],{},"ísimo",[629,754,755],{},"extremely dear",[608,757,758,761,763,768],{},[629,759,760],{},"loads (noun)",[629,762,314],{},[629,764,765,767],{},[61,766,314],{}," gente",[629,769,770],{},"loads of people",[97,772,774],{"id":773},"a-word-on-bastante","A word on bastante",[57,776,777,778,781,782,784,785,788,789,791,792,795,796,120,798,801,802,805,806,808,809,811,812,814,815,818,819,784,822,825],{},"English ",[61,779,780],{},"quite"," is treacherous. It often means ",[61,783,119],{}," (",[77,786,787],{},"quite brilliant","), but Spanish ",[61,790,589],{}," sits ",[61,793,794],{},"lower"," on the ladder, nearer ",[61,797,702],{},[61,799,800],{},"Es bastante bueno"," is a ",[61,803,804],{},"moderate"," compliment, not a strong one. If you mean the strong English ",[77,807,780],{},", use ",[61,810,63],{}," or an ",[61,813,133],{}," form. ",[61,816,817],{},"Bastante"," also means ",[61,820,821],{},"enough",[61,823,824],{},"no tengo bastante tiempo",", I do not have enough time). File it as mid-strength and you will stop underselling praise by accident.",[97,827,829],{"id":828},"register-what-goes-where","Register: what goes where",[57,831,832,833,128],{},"The higher the fun, the more strictly a booster belongs to ",[61,834,835],{},"speech",[109,837,838,864],{},[112,839,840,843,844,124,846,124,848,124,851,854,855,124,857,124,859,124,861,863],{},[61,841,842],{},"Fine in writing",": ",[61,845,63],{},[61,847,133],{},[61,849,850],{},"sumamente \u002F enormemente \u002F tremendamente",[61,852,853],{},"realmente \u002F verdaderamente",", and all the downtoners (",[61,856,479],{},[61,858,503],{},[61,860,545],{},[61,862,589],{},").",[112,865,866,843,869,124,871,124,874,124,877,124,880,124,882,124,884,124,887,124,889],{},[61,867,868],{},"Speech and casual only",[61,870,221],{},[61,872,873],{},"re- \u002F requete-",[61,875,876],{},"mega- \u002F hiper-",[61,878,879],{},"bien caro",[61,881,314],{},[61,883,323],{},[61,885,886],{},"tela",[61,888,342],{},[61,890,361],{},[57,892,893,894,811,896,898],{},"Drop the slangy boosters in an essay or an exam and swap in ",[61,895,63],{},[61,897,133],{}," form; keep them for chat, where they carry all the warmth.",[97,900,902],{"id":901},"common-mistakes-english-speakers-make","Common mistakes English speakers make",[57,904,905,365,908,910,911,913,914,917,918,128],{},[61,906,907],{},"Translating quite as bastante for praise.",[61,909,595],{}," is only ",[77,912,702],{}," good. For a real compliment, use ",[61,915,916],{},"muy bueno"," or ",[61,919,145],{},[57,921,922,365,925,240,927,929,930,917,932,128],{},[61,923,924],{},"Putting super or requete in formal writing.",[61,926,227],{},[61,928,253],{}," are lovely in speech and wrong in an essay. Use ",[61,931,63],{},[61,933,133],{},[57,935,936,939,940,240,942,945,946,948],{},[61,937,938],{},"Forgetting tanto agrees."," It is ",[61,941,432],{},[61,943,944],{},"tantos días",", not \"tanto gente\". Only ",[61,947,390],{}," (before adjectives and adverbs) stays fixed.",[57,950,951,954,955,124,958,124,961,124,964,128],{},[61,952,953],{},"Overusing muy."," The whole point of the ladder is that you have alternatives. Vary it: ",[61,956,957],{},"carísimo",[61,959,960],{},"bastante caro",[61,962,963],{},"tirando a caro",[61,965,966],{},"la mar de caro",[57,968,969,970,380,973,917,975,977,978,980],{},"Learn the rungs, respect the register line, and remember that Spanish would rather turn a quality ",[61,971,972],{},"down",[61,974,479],{},[61,976,503],{}," than blast ",[61,979,63],{}," at everything. That range is what makes the difference.",[97,982,984],{"id":983},"see-also","See also",[109,986,987,997,1009,1024],{},[112,988,989,992,993,996],{},[91,990,991],{"href":93},"Adverbs of place, time and degree"," - the ",[61,994,995],{},"muy versus mucho"," rule this page builds on.",[112,998,999,992,1002,1004,1005,1008],{},[91,1000,1001],{"href":171},"Comparatives and superlatives",[61,1003,133],{}," absolute superlative in full, plus ",[61,1006,1007],{},"más ... que"," and the irregulars.",[112,1010,1011,992,1014,240,1016,1019,1020,240,1022,128],{},[91,1012,1013],{"href":457},"Exclamatives",[61,1015,449],{},[61,1017,1018],{},"¡qué + noun!"," patterns that partner with ",[61,1021,390],{},[61,1023,405],{},[112,1025,1026,1027,1031],{},"The ",[91,1028,1030],{"href":1029},"\u002Fspanish\u002Fgrammar","Spanish grammar cheatsheet"," has the degree ladder on one card.",{"title":1033,"searchDepth":1034,"depth":1034,"links":1035},"",2,[1036,1037,1038,1039,1040,1041,1042,1043,1044],{"id":99,"depth":1034,"text":100},{"id":206,"depth":1034,"text":207},{"id":372,"depth":1034,"text":373},{"id":461,"depth":1034,"text":462},{"id":599,"depth":1034,"text":600},{"id":773,"depth":1034,"text":774},{"id":828,"depth":1034,"text":829},{"id":901,"depth":1034,"text":902},{"id":983,"depth":1034,"text":984},"B2","The whole ladder of degree in Spanish beyond plain muy: neutral intensifiers, colloquial super and requetebueno, tan\u002Ftanto que, and the downtoners un poco, más bien, apenas and medio.",[1048,1079],{"type":1049,"instructions":1050,"items":1051},"fill-blank","Complete each sentence with the intensifier or downtoner suggested by the clue in brackets. Mind the register and the agreement.",[1052,1055,1058,1062,1066,1069,1072,1075],{"prompt":1053,"answer":957,"hint":1054},"El piso es ___ caro, no puedo pagarlo. (very, using the -ísimo form of caro)","drop the vowel and add the ending",{"prompt":1056,"answer":479,"hint":1057},"Estoy ___ cansado, me voy a la cama. (a bit)","a small amount before an adjective",{"prompt":1059,"answer":1060,"hint":1061},"No es feo, es ___ bien guapo. (rather)","más","más ___ means rather",{"prompt":1063,"answer":1064,"hint":1065},"Había ___ gente que no cabíamos. (so much, agreeing with gente)","tanta","agrees with a feminine noun",{"prompt":1067,"answer":390,"hint":1068},"El examen fue ___ difícil que suspendió medio grupo. (so)","goes before an adjective",{"prompt":1070,"answer":557,"hint":1071},"Llegó ___ dormido a la reunión. (half)","means half, as in half asleep",{"prompt":1073,"answer":545,"hint":1074},"El café está ___ frío, casi no lo noto. (barely)","means hardly or scarcely",{"prompt":1076,"answer":1077,"hint":1078},"Este vino es ___, me encanta. (informal super, before the adjective bueno)","superbueno","the colloquial prefix for very",{"type":1080,"instructions":1081,"items":1082},"which-one","Choose the correct word for each gap.",[1083,1086,1090,1093,1096,1099],{"prompt":1084,"answer":63,"options":1085},"La casa es ___ grande.",[63,88],{"prompt":1087,"answer":1077,"options":1088},"Este libro es ___ bueno, uno de los mejores. (extremely, informal)",[1077,1089],"muybueno",{"prompt":1091,"answer":390,"options":1092},"Es ___ caro que nadie lo compra. (so)",[390,405],{"prompt":1094,"answer":1064,"options":1095},"Vino ___ gente a la fiesta. (so much)",[1064,390],{"prompt":1097,"answer":479,"options":1098},"No estoy enfadado, estoy ___ molesto. (only a little)",[479,63],{"prompt":1100,"answer":589,"options":1101},"El resultado es ___ bueno, nada del otro mundo. (fairly)",[589,1102],"sumamente","md",[1105,1108,1111,1114],{"q":1106,"a":1107},"What does the -ísimo ending mean in Spanish?","It is the absolute superlative, and it means the quality turned up to the maximum: carísimo (extremely dear), guapísimo (stunningly good-looking), buenísimo (brilliant). You form it by dropping the final vowel and adding -ísimo, -ísima, -ísimos or -ísimas to agree: caro becomes carísimo, fácil becomes facilísimo. It is roughly equivalent to muy plus the adjective, but stronger and warmer, and it is completely acceptable in writing as well as speech. Watch the spelling shifts: rico becomes riquísimo, largo becomes larguísimo, feliz becomes felicísimo. There is a fuller treatment on the comparatives and superlatives page.",{"q":1109,"a":1110},"Is super acceptable in written Spanish?","In speech and casual writing, super is everywhere: superguapo, superbien, super caro. Written solid with an adjective it is informal but widespread among younger speakers. In a formal essay, an exam or professional writing, drop it and use muy or an -ísimo form instead. The prefixes re- and requete- (requetebueno, requetebién) are even more colloquial and playful, fine in chat and family talk but out of place in anything you would be marked on. The rule of thumb: the more a booster feels like slang fun, the more strictly it belongs to speech.",{"q":1112,"a":1113},"Why is Spanish bastante weaker than English quite?","English quite is a slippery word that often means very (quite brilliant), but Spanish bastante sits lower on the ladder, closer to fairly or reasonably. Es bastante bueno means it is fairly good, a moderate compliment, not a strong one. If you want the strong English quite, reach for muy or an -ísimo form instead. Bastante also doubles as enough (no tengo bastante tiempo, I do not have enough time). Treat it as a mid-strength word, above un poco but below muy, and you will stop accidentally underselling things you meant to praise.",{"q":1115,"a":1116},"How do tan and tanto work for intensity?","Tan goes before an adjective or adverb and tanto before or after a noun or verb, and both build a result clause with que: es tan caro que no lo compro (it is so dear that I am not buying it), había tanta gente que no cabíamos (there were so many people that we did not fit). Tanto agrees with its noun (tanta gente, tantos coches). Without the que, tan and tanto still intensify in exclamations: ¡es tan guapo! (he is so good-looking!). This is the so and so much of degree, and it pairs naturally with the lo + adjective + que exclamative pattern covered on the exclamatives page.","higher","Every learner reaches for muy far too often. Spanish has a whole ladder of degree, from the timid to the emphatic, and muy sits somewhere in the middle. Above it are the absolute superlative in -ísimo (carísimo, dear as anything), the formal boosters sumamente and enormemente, and the colloquial fireworks: super (superguapo), the prefixes re- and requete- (requetebueno), and the noun-based crowd words like un montón de and la mar de. Below muy sit the quiet ones, the downtoners and hedges that soften a claim rather than crank it up: un poco (a bit), algo (somewhat), más bien (rather), no muy and poco (not very), apenas (barely), medio (medio dormido, half asleep) and tirando a (leaning towards). Getting this range right is the difference between sounding like a textbook and sounding like a person. It also matters for register: some of these boosters are perfectly at home in an essay, while others would look absurd anywhere but a chat with friends. This page lays the ladder out from softest to strongest, glosses each rung, flags what is speech-only, and settles the small traps, including why bastante is weaker than the English quite you are tempted to map onto it.","spanish",{},true,"\u002Fspanish\u002Fgrammar\u002Fintensifiers",{"title":46,"description":1046},"spanish\u002Fgrammar\u002Fintensifiers","xQDz2LGViSnjvYMriJvoLmxrWM0tMiSw-9Pl9ohJEt8",[],{"left":4,"top":4,"width":5,"height":5,"rotate":4,"vFlip":6,"hFlip":6,"body":1128},"\u003Cpath fill=\"none\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" stroke-width=\"2\" d=\"M13 21h8M15 5l4 4m2.174-2.188a1 1 0 0 0-3.986-3.987L3.842 16.174a2 2 0 0 0-.5.83l-1.321 4.352a.5.5 0 0 0 .623.622l4.353-1.32a2 2 0 0 0 .83-.497z\"\u002F>",{"left":4,"top":4,"width":5,"height":5,"rotate":4,"vFlip":6,"hFlip":6,"body":1130},"\u003Cg fill=\"none\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" stroke-width=\"2\">\u003Cpath d=\"M12 15V3m9 12v4a2 2 0 0 1-2 2H5a2 2 0 0 1-2-2v-4\"\u002F>\u003Cpath d=\"m7 10l5 5l5-5\"\u002F>\u003C\u002Fg>",{"left":4,"top":4,"width":5,"height":5,"rotate":4,"vFlip":6,"hFlip":6,"body":1132},"\u003Cg fill=\"none\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" stroke-width=\"2\">\u003Cpath d=\"M20 20a2 2 0 0 0 2-2V8a2 2 0 0 0-2-2h-7.9a2 2 0 0 1-1.69-.9L9.6 3.9A2 2 0 0 0 7.93 3H4a2 2 0 0 0-2 2v13a2 2 0 0 0 2 2Zm-8-10v6\"\u002F>\u003Cpath d=\"m15 13l-3 3l-3-3\"\u002F>\u003C\u002Fg>",{"left":4,"top":4,"width":5,"height":5,"rotate":4,"vFlip":6,"hFlip":6,"body":1134},"\u003Cpath fill=\"none\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" stroke-width=\"2\" d=\"M11 4.702a.705.705 0 0 0-1.203-.498L6.413 7.587A1.4 1.4 0 0 1 5.416 8H3a1 1 0 0 0-1 1v6a1 1 0 0 0 1 1h2.416a1.4 1.4 0 0 1 .997.413l3.383 3.384A.705.705 0 0 0 11 19.298zM16 9a5 5 0 0 1 0 6m3.364 3.364a9 9 0 0 0 0-12.728\"\u002F>"]