Adjective may be more rigid in some languages than others; in some, like Spanish, it may only be a default ("unmarked") word order, with other orders being permissible. Other languages, such as Tagalog, follow their adjectival orders as rigidly as English. The normal adjectival order of English may be overridden in certain circumstances, especially when one adjective is being fronted. In addition, the usual order of adjectives in English would result in the phrase "the bad big wolf" (opinion before size), but instead the usual phrase is "the big bad wolf", perhaps because the ablaut reduplication rule that high vowels precede
La cueva de Salamanca (The Cave of Salamanca) deception to remain unnoticed (at least for another night). In the work, the student refers to himself using the adjective salamantino. This adjective is a direct reference to his origins in Salamanca. Leonarda however uses the adjective salamanqueso. This is a play on words. A salamanqueso is a salamander which, according to legend, lives in fire. According to alchemists, the salamander is in fact the spirit of fire. To many in Latin America, this animal is associated with witchcraft (Ezquerro 50). "La cueva de Salamanca" is not Cervantes' only work that touches on Spanish superstition surrounding Salamanca. In his short