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ENGLISH TRAINING ADJECTIVES

Adjective Meaning Comparative Superlative Translation

angry feeling or showing anger angrier angriest enfadado, enojado
not good or pleasant / evil or morally
bad worse worst malo
unacceptable
big large in size or amount bigger biggest grande
having a strong, unpleasant taste / angry
bitter bitterer bitterest amargo
and upset
black being the colour of the sky on a dark night blacker blackest negro

bossy always telling other people what to do bossier bossiest mandón

Not afraid of dangerous or difficult
brave braver bravest valiente
situations
brief lasting only for a short time briefer briefest breve
bright full of light or shining strongly brighter brightest brillante, luminoso
broad wide; great in size from side to side broader broadest ancho, amplio
working hard, or giving your attention to
busy a particular activity / full of activity or busier busiest ocupado, ajetreado
people
calm relaxed and not worried or frightened calmer calmest tranquilo

cheap not expensive, or costing less than usual cheaper cheapest barato, económico
clean not dirty cleaner cleanest limpio, sano
clear not dirty / easy to hear, read, or see clear clearest claro, despejado
clever able to learn and understand things easily cleverer cleverest listo, ingenioso
close near in distance / near in time closer closest cerca
cloudy with many clouds in the sky cloudier cloudiest nubiado
move in a way that is not controlled or
clumsy careful, and often knock or damage clumsier clumsiest torpe
things.
cold having a low temperature colder coldest frío
cool slightly cold / good or fashionable cooler coolest fresco
crazy insane / stupid or strange crazier craziest loco
strange and frightening / causing feelings espeluznante,
creepy creepier creepiest
of fear etc repugnante
Crispy food is hard enough to be broken
crispy crispier crispiest crujiente
easily.
Crispy food is hard enough to be broken
cruel crueler cruelest cruel
easily.
Crunchy food is firm and makes a loud
crunchy crunchier crunchiest crujiente
noise when it is eaten.

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Adjective Meaning Comparative Superlative Translation

(road, line: curving)/ informal (woman:
curvy curvier curviest curvo, voluptuosa
shapely)
dark nearer to black than white in colour darker darkest oscuro, moreno
deadly causing death deadlier deadliest mortal, mortífero
a long way into something from the top
deep deeper deepest profundo
or outside
dense thick and difficult to see through denser densest denso
dirty not clean dirtier dirtiest sucio
dry without water or liquid on the surface drier driest seco
aburrido, sonso,
dull not interesting / not bright duller dullest
apagado
dumb stupid or silly / not able to talk dumber dumbest tonto
near the beginning of a period of time, a
early earlier earliest temprano
process, etc.
easy not difficult easier easiest facíl
leve, tenue, pálido,
faint slight and not easy to notice fainter faintest
ligero
fancy expensive and fashionable fancier fanciest lujoso
used to talk about how distant something furthest/fart
far further/farther lejos, distante
is hest
fast quick faster fastest rápido
having a lot of fat on one’s body; large,
fat fatter fattest gordo
heavy and round in shape
few not many, or only a small number of fewer fewest pocos
firm not soft, but not completely hard firmer firmest firme, estricto
healthy, especially because you exercise a
fit fitter fittest apto, en forma
lot
recently done and not yet changed by fresco, nuevo,
fresh fresher freshest
time original
behaving in a pleasant, kind way towards agradable, amable,
friendly friendlier friendliest
someone amistoso
full containing a lot of things or people fuller fullest lleno, completo
gracioso, curioso,
funny making you smile or laugh funnier funniest
raro
pesimista, abatido,
gloomy sad or without hope gloomier gloomiest
decaído
good enjoyable or nice / of a high quality better best bueno
grandioso,
grand very large and special grander grandest ambicioso,
impotente
greasy containing or covered with fat or oil greasier greasiest grasiento
great very good / extreme / large greater greatest grande, genial
asqueroso, grosero,
gross very bad grosser grossest
craso

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Adjective Meaning Comparative Superlative Translation

guilty having, feeling, or causing guilt guilter guiltiest culpable
hairy covered in hair or having a lot of hair hairier hairiest velludo, peludo
pleased and in a good mood, especially
happy happier happiest feliz, contento, alegre
because something good has happened

hard with a lot of effort / with a lot of force harder hardest duro, difícil

(generally) having good health / causing

healthy healthier healthiest sano, saludable
or helping to produce good health
having great weight; difficult to lift or pesado, grueso,
heavy heavier heaviest
carry fuerte, duro
having a long distance from the bottom
high higher highest alto, elevado, agudo
to the top /great in amount or level
caliente, caluroso,
hot very warm hotter hottest
picante
hungry wanting or needing food etc hungrier hungriest hambriento
icy covered in ice / very cold icier iciest helado, frío
If a part of your body is itchy, you want to
itchy itchier itchiest pica
rub it.
a type of thing or person / ready or amable, bueno,
kind kinder kindest
anxious to do good to others; friendly bondadoso
large great in size, amount etc; not small larger largest grande
too inclined to avoid hard work, exercise
lazy lazier laziest perezoso
etc
easy to lift or carry; of little weight, easy
light to bear, suffer or do, (of food) easy to lighter lightest ligero, claro
digest
little small in size or amount littler littlest pequeño, poco
lacking or wanting companionship/far
lonely away from busy places, having few lonelier loneliest solitario
people
measuring a great distance from one end
long longer longest largo
to the other
lovely very nice or enjoyable, very attractive lovelier loveliest precioso, bello, lindo
under the usual level/near the ground,
low lower lowest bajo
not high
enfadado, enojado,
mad mentally ill, stupid, angry madder maddest
loco
likely or intending to cause harm or
malo, mezquino,
mean annoyance/not generous (with money meaner meanest
tacaño
etc)

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Adjective Meaning Comparative Superlative Translation

sucio, desordenado,
messy dirty or untidy messier messiest
desastroso
repugnante,
nasty unpleasant to the senses nastier nastiest
desagradable
naughty (usually of children) badly-behaved naughtier naughtiest malo, travieso, pícaro
near not far away in place or time nearer nearest cercano, próximo
tidy; well-ordered, with everything in the ordenado, aseado,
neat neater neatest
right place pulcro
Needy people do not have enough
needy needier neediest necesitado
money./ poor
having only just happened, been built,
nuevo, fresco,
new made, bought etc/only just discovered, newer newest
reciente, moderno
experienced etc
simpatico, agradable,
nice kind and friendly / pleasant; agreeable nicer nicest
bueno
noisy making a loud noise noisier noisiest ruidoso, clamoroso
viejo, anciano,
old advanced in age older/elder oldest/eldest
antiguo
simple and not complicated/obvious and
plain plainer plainest claro, sencillo
clear
having or showing good manners;
polite politer politest educado, cortés
courteous
having little money or property/not good;
poor poorer poorest pobre
of bad quality
bonito, lindo,
pretty nice to look at or attractive prettier prettiest
hermoso
feeling pleasure or satisfaction at one’s
orgulloso, soberbio,
proud achievements, possessions, connections prouder proudest
digno
etc
not mixed with anything especially dirty
pure or less valuable/clean, especially purer purest puro
morally/complete; absolute

done, said, finished etc in a short

quick quicker quickest rápido
time/moving, or able to move, with speed

not making very much, or any, noise;

quiet without very much, or any, noise/free quieter quietest tranquilo, silencioso
from worry, excitement etc
rare very unusual rarer rarest raro
wealthy; having a lot of money,
rich richer richest rico, abundante
possessions etc

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Adjective Meaning Comparative Superlative Translation

dangerous because something bad might
risky riskier riskiest arriesgado, peligroso
happen
If something such as a house or car is
roomy roomier roomiest espacioso
roomy, it has a lot of space inside it.
áspero, tosco, bruto,
rough not smooth/uneven/harsh; unpleasant rougher roughest
ronco
not polite; showing bad manners/vulgar; maleducado, grosero,
rude ruder rudest
indecent tosco
triste, lamentable,
sad unhappy/boring or not fashionable sadder saddest
penoso
providing good protection/not likely to
safe safer safest seguro
cause harm/(of a person) reliable
salty tasting of or containing salt saltier saltiest salado
sane having a healthy mind saner sanest cuerdo, sensato
espantoso,
scary frightening scarier scariest
asustadizo
not deep/not showing any interest in superficial, poco
shallow shallower shallowest
serious ideas profundo
shiny glossy; reflecting light; polished shinier shiniest brillante, reluciente

short not long, not tall; smaller than usual; brief shorter shortest corto, bajo, chaparro
lacking confidence in the presence of
shy others, especially strangers; not wanting shyer shyest tímido
to attract attention
silly stupid / small and not important sillier silliest tonto, bobo
simple not difficult to do or to understand simpler simplest sencillo, simple, facíl
honest and saying what you really feel or
sincere sincerer sincerest sincero, genuino
believe
skinny very thing skinnier skinniest flaco
adormilado,
sleepy feeling tired and wanting to go to sleep sleepier sleepiest
soñoliento
Someone who is slim is thin in an
slim slimmer slimmest delgado, fino
attractive way.
viscoso, pegajoso,
slimy covered with, consisting of, or like, slime slimier slimiest
empalagoso
moving, happening, or doing something
slow slower slowest lento
without much speed
small little in size or amount smaller smallest pequeño
clever and quick in thought and listo, inteligente,
smart smarter smartest
action/neat and well-dressed; fashionable agudo
smelly having a bad smell smellier smelliest apestoso

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Adjective Meaning Comparative Superlative Translation

having a regular surface that has no holes liso, suave, llano,
smooth smoother smoothest
or lumps in it fluido
not hard or firm; easily changing shape
soft when pressed/pleasantly smooth to the softer softest blando, suave
touch
soon imminent sooner soonest pronto
used when apologizing or expressing
sorry sorrier sorriest lamentable
regret
picante, especiado,
spicy containing strong flavours from spice spicier spiciest
sazonado
tacaño, rácano,
stingy mean or ungenerous/not generous stingier stingiest
raquítico
not known, seen etc before; unfamiliar or raro, extraño,
strange stranger strangest
foreign/ unusual, odd or queer desconocido

strict severe, stern, and compelling obedience stricter strictest estricto, rígido

firm, sound, or powerful, and therefore

not easily broken, destroyed, attacked, fuerte, sólido,
strong stronger strongest
defeated, resisted, or affected by intenso, marcado
weariness, illness etc
sunny bright because of light from the sun sunnier sunniest soleado, radiante
sweaty covered in sweat sweatier sweatiest sudoroso
with a taste like sugar/attractive, often
sweet sweeter sweetest dulce
because of being small
being higher than most other people or
tall taller tallest alto
things
tan being a pale yellow-brown colour tanner tannest bronceado, moreno
Food that is tasty has a good flavour and rico, sabroso,
tasty tastier tastiest
is nice to eat. apetitoso
having a short distance between opposite
thin thinner thinnest delgado, fino
sides/(of people or animals) not fat
thirsty wanting or needing a drink thirstier thirstiest sediento
tiny very small tinier tiniest diminuto, minúsculo
ugly unpleasant to look at uglier ugliest feo
having a temperature between cool and caliente, templado,
warm warmer warmest
hot cálido
not physically strong/not good at
weak weaker weakest débil, flojo
something
weird very strange weirder weirdest raro, extraño

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Adjective Meaning Comparative Superlative Translation

mojado, húmedo,
wet covered in water or another liquid wetter wettest
lluvioso
great in extent, especially from side to ancho, amplio,
wide wider widest
side extenso
(of animals) not tamed/(of land) not salvaje, silvestre,
wild wilder wildest
cultivated. descontrolado
windy with a lot of wind windier windiest ventoso
having or showing the ability to make
sabio, sensato,
wise good judgments, based on a deep wiser wisest
prudente
understanding and experience of life
of or belonging to this world; not
worldly spiritual/practical and having a lot of worldlier worldliest mundano, terreno
experience of life
in the first part of life, growth,
young younger youngest joven
development etc; not old

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