{"id":53335,"date":"2021-02-01T10:00:05","date_gmt":"2021-02-01T09:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gogoespana.com\/?p=53335"},"modified":"2023-12-14T15:50:27","modified_gmt":"2023-12-14T14:50:27","slug":"how-to-use-spanish-adjectives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gogoespana.com\/en\/blog\/how-to-use-spanish-adjectives\/","title":{"rendered":"How to use Spanish Adjectives: Spanish Lesson 41"},"content":{"rendered":"

This is the forty-first lesson in our beginner level Spanish course and we will look at How to use Spanish Adjectives. <\/strong><\/p>\n

In lesson 38 we started investigating fundamental Spanish grammar terminology<\/a>. In the following two lessons we focused on Spanish Pronouns<\/a> and now we turn to\u00a0Adjetivos en espa\u00f1ol<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Key things to remember regarding How to use Spanish Adjectives <\/strong>are that they are positioned after the noun they describe and they can change depending on the gender of the noun (thing) they describe.<\/p>\n

Adjectives are words which describe nouns (things).<\/p>\n

Adjectives can, for example, provide information about a noun\u2019s size (e.g. big, small, etc), shape (e.g. round, square), age (e.g. young, old), colour (e.g. red, green), quality (e.g. good, bad), etc.<\/p>\n

Before we go into any more detail about How to use Spanish Adjectives<\/strong>, let\u2019s familiarise ourselves with some common Spanish adjectives:<\/p>\n

Abierto\/a: Open
\nAburrido\/a: Boring
\nAfortunado\/a: Lucky
\nAgradable: Pleasant
\nAlto\/a: High\/Tall
\nAmable: Friendly
\nAmargo\/a: Bitter
\nBajo\/a: Low\/Short
\nBarato\/a: Cheap
\nBueno\/a: Good
\nCaliente: Hot
\nCaro\/a: Expensive
\nCerca: Near
\nCerrado\/a: Closed\/Shut
\nDelgado\/a: Thin
\nD\u00e9bil: Weak
\nDesafortunado\/a: Unlucky
\nDesagradable: Unpleasant
\nDif\u00edcil: Difficult
\nDivertido\/a: Fun
\nDulce: Sweet
\nEducado\/a: Polite
\nEmocionado\/a: Excited
\nEnfermo: Sick
\nEnfadado\/a: Angry
\nEst\u00fapido\/a: Stupid
\nExcelente: Excellent
\nF\u00e1cil: Easy
\nFalso\/a: False
\nFeliz: Happy
\nFeo\/a: Ugly
\nFuerte: Strong
\nGeneroso\/a: Generous
\nGordo\/a: Fat
\nGrande: Big
\nImportante: Important
\nInteligente: Intelligent
\nInteresante: Interesting
\nIn\u00fatil: Useless
\nJoven: Young
\nLento\/a: Slow
\nLigero\/a: Light
\nLimpio\/a: Clean
\nLleno\/a: Full
\nLoco\/a: Crazy
\nMal educado\/a: Impolite
\nMalo\/a: Bad
\nMojado\/a: Wet
\nNuevo\/a: New
\nOscuro\/a: Dark
\nPeligroso\/a: Dangerous
\nPeque\u00f1o\/a: Small
\nPesado\/a: Heavy
\nPobre: Poor
\nR\u00e1pido\/a: Fast
\nRelajado\/a: Relaxed
\nRico\/a: Rich
\nSeco\/a: Dry
\nSeguro\/a: Safe
\nSucio\/a: Dirty
\nT\u00edmido\/a: Shy
\nTranquilo\/a: Quiet\/Relaxed
\nTriste: Sad
\n\u00datil: Useful
\nVac\u00edo\/a: Empty
\nViejo\/a: Old<\/p>\n

How to use Spanish Adjectives in a sentence<\/strong><\/h2>\n

The first important point to be aware of when considering How to use Spanish Adjectives <\/strong>is that they are positioned after the noun (thing) they describe, whereas English adjectives are positioned before their noun.<\/p>\n

\"How<\/p>\n

For example:<\/p>\n

Long hair: Pelo largo
\nGreen apple: Manzana verde
\nInteresting book: Libro interesante
\nRelaxed girl: Chica relajada
\nExpensive table: Mesa cara<\/p>\n

Changing the ending<\/strong><\/h2>\n

The second important point to be aware of when considering How to use Spanish Adjectives <\/strong>is that we very often (though not always) need to change their ending according to the gender of their noun.<\/p>\n

This can be tricky, especially during a conversation when you have lots of other things to think about, also because English speakers are unaccustomed to nouns having gender.<\/p>\n

Spanish Adjectives are certainly more complex than English Adjectives.<\/p>\n

The gender and number of Spanish Nouns<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Every noun (thing) in Spanish is either masculine or feminine.<\/p>\n

It is important to be aware of the gender of each noun you are using as other elements of your sentence will need to be altered according to this.<\/p>\n

Some adjectives change according to the gender of the word they describe and all change depending upon whether the word they describe is singular or plural.<\/p>\n

With adjectives that end in \u2013O you change their ending to \u2013A if you are describing a female thing. When describing singular things with adjectives that don\u2019t finish in \u2013O you don\u2019t change the ending of the adjective.<\/p>\n

You add \u2013OS if you are describing more than one masculine thing and \u2013AS if you are describing more than one female thing.<\/p>\n

When describing more than one thing you add \u2013ES to the adjective if it ends in a consonant and \u2013S if it ends in a vowel.<\/p>\n

Some examples:<\/p>\n

Pelo moreno: Dark hair
\nBoca peque\u00f1a: Small mouth
\nOjos azules: Blue eyes
\nOrejas peque\u00f1as: Small ears
\nBoca grande: Big mouth
\nNariz grande: Big nose<\/p>\n

Observe how some of the adjectives change their endings depending on the noun (thing) they describe. For example, Boca<\/em> (mouth) is a feminine noun, so Small<\/em> for Mouth<\/em> is Peque\u00f1a<\/em> rather than Peque\u00f1o<\/em>. Pelo<\/em> (hair) is a masculine noun, so Dark<\/em> for Hair<\/em> is Moreno<\/em> rather than Morena<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Spanish Adjectives pop up all the time, so it is vital to properly learn and practice How to use Spanish Adjectives<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

We recommend writing lots of your own practice sentences using some of the adjectives on the previous list with various nouns.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This is the forty-first lesson in our beginner level Spanish course and we will look at How to use Spanish Adjectives. In lesson 38 we started investigating fundamental Spanish grammar terminology. In the following two lessons we focused on Spanish Pronouns and now we turn to\u00a0Adjetivos en espa\u00f1ol. Key things to remember regarding How to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":126,"featured_media":53354,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2053],"tags":[1391,1516,1611,1652],"class_list":["post-53335","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-spanish-lessons","tag-beginner-spanish-lessons","tag-learn-spanish","tag-spanish-adjectives","tag-spanish-language-learning"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gogoespana.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53335","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gogoespana.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gogoespana.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gogoespana.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/126"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gogoespana.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=53335"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/gogoespana.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53335\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":53359,"href":"https:\/\/gogoespana.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53335\/revisions\/53359"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gogoespana.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/53354"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gogoespana.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=53335"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gogoespana.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=53335"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gogoespana.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=53335"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}