An adjective (adjetivo) in Spanish or in English is a word used to describe a noun (like size, color, shape...).

If you already have an idea about adjectives you can scroll down to the Summery to refresh your memory, otherwise you can start with us from here: An adjective agrees in gender and number with the noun it modifies. Similar to nouns, an adjective usually end in (~o) for masculine (plural ~os), and (~a) for feminine (plural ~as): Spanish Adjectives plural blancos blancas

Masculine Feminine

singular blanco blanca

singular alto alta

plural altos altas

-Un hombre alto (a tall man) -Unos hombres altos ( tall men) -Muchos libros (many books) -Una casa pequea (a small house) - Unas chicas peligrosas (some dangerous girls) - Muchas cosas (many things)

There are also some adjectives whose masculine singular ends in a consonant and form the feminine by adding -a: Un amigo frances (a French friend - male-) Una amiga francesa (a French friend -female-)

Some other adjectives ending in a consonant take the same form for both masculine and feminine: un chico joven (a young boy) una chica joven (a young girl) unos cantantes populares (some popular singers) unas canciones populares (some popular songs) Usually descriptive adjectives follow the nouns they modify: una ciudad limpia (a clean city). But the tricky part is that Spanish adjectives are different from English adjectives, in English adjectives are found before the noun they modify, while in Spanish usually they're found after the noun they modify. And also because in Spanish the adjectives agree in gender and number with the noun they modify.

When they precede the noun, such adjectives change meaning, acquiring a less literal sense: El mendigo es un hombre pobre. (A beggar is a poor man.) But: El pobre hombre tiene muchos problemas (The poor guy has many problems) See how the position can define the meaning intended in the sentence. The first pobre means someone who doesnt have money, but the second pobre means someone who deserve pity, and has nothing to do with money. In most cases adjectives precede the nouns they modify whenever they: - Express an essential quality: la dulce miel (the sweet honey) las verdes hojas (the green leaves) - Point out, limit or quantify: este perro (this dog) su hija (his/ her daughter) menos caliente (less hot) tres manzanas (three apples) Adjectives can be used as nouns, in that case they take a definite article: Los pobres tienen muchos problemas. (Poor people have many problems.) Adjectives are occasionally used adverbially: Jose vive feliz en su granja. (Jose lives happily in his farm.) So in short these are some rules to follow about the Spanish Adjectives: Most Spanish adjectives end in (-o), and in order to make them feminine, change the o to an (-a), to make them plural, add -os (plural masculine); or -as (plural feminine). When the adjective ends in (-a) or (-e), no difference will be made between the masculine and feminine form, and the plural is created by adding (s). - pobre ( for both masc & fem singular) - pobres ( for both masc & fem plural) - egosta ( for both masc & fem singular) - egostas ( both genders in plural) When an adjective ends in any consonant except r, or z, there will be no difference between the masculine and feminine forms, and the plural can be created by adding -es. - dbil (for both genders in singular) - dbiles (for both genders in plural). When an adjective ends with z, no difference will be made to both genders in singular, but in the plural we have to switch z to c and then add the usual -es. - feliz ( for both genders) - felices ( for both genders in plural)

When an adjective ends in r, the feminine is formed by adding an (-a), the masculine plural by adding -es and the feminine plural by adding -as. - encantador ( masc singular) - encantadora (fem singular) - encantadores (masc plural) encantadoras (fem plural) At the end of this page you will find a list of the most used 101 adjectives.

Summery of Spanish Adjectives: This is basically what you need to remember about adjectives, and the four forms they take: Most Spanish adjectives end in o. To make them feminine, change the o to an a. To make them plural, add -os (plural masculine) or -as (plural feminine).

masculine feminine

Spanish Adjectives singular plural blanco blancos blanca blancas

singular alto alta

plural altos altas

This is a list of some adjectives that you might find useful:

List of Adjectives in Spanish ambitious ambicioso American americano/ americana annoying Pesado argumentative discutidor bad malo/ mala bad-tempered malhumorado beautiful hermoso/ hermosa big, large Grande blonde rubio/ rubia boring aburrido brave valiente brunette, tanned skin moreno/ morena

carefree careless cautious certain charming cheerful Chinese comical, funny conceited conservative conventional coward crazy, nuts cruel difficult, hard disagreeable dull, boring easy English fat few, a little French frequent friendly fun, amusing general generous German good handsome hard-working high, tall honest intelligent interesting kind laid-back lazy little, small low, short loyal mean modest

Despreocupado descuidado, poco cuidadoso prudente, cauteloso, cauto; Cierto encantador alegre, jovial chino/ china Cmico Presumido conservador convencional Cobarde loco, chiflado Cruel Difcil Antiptico soso, aburrido fcil ingls/ inglsa gordo/ gorda Poco francs/ francsa Frecuente amigable, agradable Divertido General Generoso alemn/ alemna bueno/ buena guapo/ guapa Trabajador alto/ alta Honesto Inteligente Interesante Amable tranquilo, relajado perezoso, vago pequeo/ pequea bajo/ baja fiel tacao modesto

moody naive narrow-minded new nice (person) old open-minded perfect personal pious polite poor possible pretty professional proud rapid, fast realistic recent reliable rich sad self-confident selfish sensitive shy - introverted silly, dumb skinny slender, slim slow small Spanish strict strong stubborn sympathetic (understanding) talkative trustworthy two-faced, fake ugly various weak weird

de humor cambiante ingenuo, inocentn de mentalidad cerrada, intolerante nuevo/ nueva simptico/ simptica viejo / vieja de actitud abierta, sin prejuicios perfecto personal piadoso corts, educado pobre posible bonito/ bonita profesional orgulloso rpido realista reciente fiable, confiable rico/ rica triste seguro de s mismo egosta sensible tmido, vergonzoso - introvertido tonto/ tonta flaco/ flaca delgado/ delgada lento chiquita espaol/ espaola estricto, severo, riguroso fuerte terco, testarudo, tozudo comprensivo conversador, hablador digno de confianza falso feo/ fea diverso dbil raro, extrao

white young

blanco joven

More Spanish adjectives can be found in the Vocabulary 4000 section.