Remember that Spanish adjectives MUST agree in number and gender.
Example: Juan es simpático, y Juanita es simpática, también.
Example: Juan y Juanita son simpáticos.
Example: El hombre is feo, pero las chicas son bonitas.
If the adjective ends in -e or a consonant, it will not change spelling according to gender, but the rules for making it plural are the same as they are with nouns.
Example: el chico intelligente vs. la chica intelligente
Example: la chica popular vs. las chicas populares
Spanish adjectives usually follow the noun they modify.
Example: el coche azul not el azul coche
Adjectives like “lots”, “many”, and “a few” come before the noun.
Adjectives “bueno” and “malo” can come before or after the noun. Drop the o if placed before a masculine noun, e.g., “Juan is buen amigo.”
The adjective “grande” before the noun changes to “gran” and means “great” instead of “large” or “big.”
Example: Carlos is un gran hombre, y tiene una familia grande
Carlos is a great guy, and he has a large family.
Review the common adjectives below:
- trabajador/ trabajadorahard-working
- mismo/asame
- delgado/athin
- pelirrojo/ared-haired
- inteligenteintellgent
- joven/ jovenesyoung
- bonito/apretty
- guapo/ahandsome
- difícildifficult
- fácileasy
- bajo/ashort
- importanteimportant
- alto/atall
- gordo/afat
- feo/augly
- pequeño/asmall
- antipático/aunpleasant, disagreeable
- moreno/adark, tanned, brown
- viejo/aold
- simpático/anice
- mal, malo/abad
- rubio/ablond
- interesanteinteresting
- mucho/amuch, lots
- gran, grandegreat, big
- tonto/asilly, stupid
- buen, bueno/agood