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Muy + adjective, gender agreement?

Muy + adjective, gender agreement?

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Here's what I got from google translator:

She is pretty. Ella es bonita. She is very pretty. Ella es muy bonita.

However, when I put the sentences below in google translator, there is no gender agreement.

She is lazy. Ella es perezosa. She is very lazy. Ella es muy perezoso.

My question is, do adjectives still agree with gender if they don't go directly after the noun it is describing because "muy" is in between?

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updated Sep 6, 2016
posted by Ramonaspiker

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Adjectives agree with the gender and number of the noun no matter how far away from them they are.

Never trust a machine translator. They make mistakes.

See the start of this:

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Or this where you note tierna is made to match, even as far away as it is:

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Or this from an actual lesson:

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updated Sep 6, 2016
edited by bosquederoble
posted by bosquederoble
Me gusta la respuesta, conozco a una mujer muy semejante a "ella". A veces es divina y a veces es muy canija - 005faa61, Sep 6, 2016
Gracias bosque! That's what I thought so thanks! - Ramonaspiker, Sep 6, 2016
De nada. :) - bosquederoble, Sep 6, 2016