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50 adjectives to describe the personality

in English and Spanish.

English Spanish
ambitious ambicioso
annoying pesado
argumentative, quarrelsome discutidor
bad-tempered malhumorado
big-headed creído, engreído
bitchy de mala leche, venenoso;
brave valiente
cantankerous cascarrabias
carefree despreocupado
careless descuidado, poco cuidadoso
cautious prudente, cauteloso, cauto;
charming encantador
cheerful alegre, jovial;
conceited, full of oneself presumido
conservative conservador
conventional convencional
cowardly cobarde
crazy, nuts loco, chiflado
cruel cruel
dull, boring soso, aburrido
flirtatious coqueta
friendly amigable, simpático, agradable
generous generoso
hard-working trabajador
honest honesto
kind amable
laid-back tranquilo, relajado
lazy perezoso, vago
loyal fiel
mean tacaño
modest modesto
moody de humor cambiante

naive ingenuo, inocentón


naughty (children) malo, travieso (niños)
open-minded: de actitud abierta, sin prejuicios
narrow-minded: de mentalidad cerrada, intolerante;
pious piadoso
polite cortés, educado
proud orgulloso
reliable: he’s a very reliable person fiable, confiable: es una persona en la que se
puede confiar
self-confident: to be self-confident seguro de sí mismo: tener confianza en sí mismo
selfish egoísta
sensible sensato, prudente;
sensitive sensible
shy - introverted tímido, vergonzoso - introvertido
strict estricto, severo, riguroso
stubborn terco, testarudo, tozudo
sympathetic (understanding) Comprensivo
talkative conversador, hablador
trustworthy digno de confianza
two-faced Falso
weird raro, extraño

Positive Personality Adjectives


A-E  E - P P-Z

adaptable exuberant productive


adorable fabulous protective
agreeable fair proud
alert faithful punctual
alluring fantastic quiet
ambitious fearless receptive
amused fine reflective
boundless frank relieved
brave friendly resolute
bright funny responsible
calm generous rhetorical
capable gentle righteous
charming glorious romantic
cheerful good sedate
coherent happy seemly
comfortable harmonious selective
confident helpful self-assured
cooperative hilarious sensitive
courageous honorable shrewd
credible impartial silly
cultured industrious sincere
dashing instinctive skilful
dazzling jolly smiling
debonair joyous splendid
decisive kind steadfast
decorous kind-hearted stimulating
delightful knowledgeable successful
detailed level succinct
determined likeable talented
diligent lively thoughtful
discreet lovely thrifty
dynamic loving tough
eager lucky trustworthy
efficient mature unbiased
elated modern unusual
eminent nice upbeat
enchanting obedient vigorous
encouraging painstaking vivacious
endurable peaceful warm
energetic perfect willing
entertaining placid wise
enthusiastic plausible witty
excellent pleasant wonderful
excited pleasant zany
exclusive plucky zealous

   
Negative Personality Adjectives
The following positive Personality Adjectives are in common use in the English language.
Negative personality adjectives are listed in a separate table below:

Negative Personality Adjectives


A-F  F - R R-W

abrasive fierce ruthless


abrupt filthy sad
abusive finicky scary
afraid flashy secretive
aloof flippant selfish
ambiguous foolish silly
angry forgetful slow
annoyed frantic sneaky
anxious fretful snobbish
arrogant frightened sore
ashamed furtive spendthrift
awful greedy squeamish
bad grieving stingy
belligerent grouchy strange
bewildered gruesome sulky
boorish grumpy tacky
bored guarded tense
boring gullible terrible
callous helpless testy
careless hesitant thick-skinned
clumsy homeless thoughtless
combative horrible threatening
confused hungry tight
cowardly hurt timid
crazy ignorant tired
creepy ill tiresome
cruel irresolute troubled
cynical jealous truculent
dangerous jittery typical
deceitful lacking undesirable
defeated lazy unsuitable
defective lonely unsure
defiant malicious upset
demonic materialistic uptight
depressed mean vague
deranged mysterious vengeful
disagreeable naive venomous
disillusioned nasty volatile
disturbed naughty voracious
domineering nervous vulgar
draconian noisy wary
embarrassed obnoxious wasteful
envious outrageous weak
erratic panicky weary
evasive pathetic wicked
evil possessive worried
faded quarrelsome worthless
fanatical repulsive wretched

   
Negative Personality Adjectives

Exercise 1

Completa con can o can't.

1. Where I see a good rock concert?

2. Can Lisa speak French?

No, she .

3. What you do?

4. Can Lucy drive?

Yes, she .

5. Where I buy a new camera?

6. you read in Portuguese?


Yes, I can.

7. Can I invite my friends?

Yes, they come.

8. you help me, please?

9. you play the piano?

10. I find my keys. Where are they?

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