Below you will find a list of common descriptive adjectives in Spanish. With these adjectives, you can easily describe people, places, and things around you.
Common Spanish descriptive adjectives
- pretty - lindo
- ugly - feo
- beautiful - hermoso
- tall - alto
- short - bajo
- big - grande
- small - pequeño
- thin - delgado
- fat - gordo
See also: Physical appearance in Spanish
- fun - divertido
- boring - aburrido
- modest - modesto
- intelligent - inteligente
- stupid - tonto
- polite - cortés
- honest - honesto
See also: Spanish personality adjectives
Common Spanish descriptive adjectives
- disgusting - repugnante
- rich - rico
- poor - pobre
- delicious - delicioso
- new - nuevo
- old - viejo
- young - jovan
- open - abierto
- closed - cerrado
- happy - feliz
- sad - triste
- worried/concerned - preocupado
- tired - cansado
- awake - despierto
- hot - caluroso
- cold - frío
- warm - tibio
- right/correct - correcto
- wrong/incorrect - equivocado
- expensive - caro
- cheap - barato
- good - bueno
- bad - malo
- heavy - pesado
- light - ligero
- fast - rápido
- slow - lento
- crazy - loco
- tranquil - tranquilo
- noisy - ruidoso
- complicated - complicado
- easy - fácil
- difficult - difícil
- hard - duro
- sick- enfermo
- healthy - sano
- strong - fuerte
- weak - débil
- clean - limpio
- dirty - sucio
- savory - salado
- sweet - dulce
- bitter - amargo
- salty - salado
- fair - justo
- unfair - injusto
- dry - seco
- wet - mojado
- empty - vacío
- full - lleno
- married - casado
- single - soltero
- hardworking - trabajador
- lazy - perezoso
- necessary - necesario
- private - privado
- safe - seguro
- dangerous - peligroso
- perfect - perfecto
- ridiculous - ridículo
- fabulous - fabuloso
- marvelous - estupendo
- foreign - extranjero
Note:
Unlike in English, Spanish adjectives often go after nouns.
For example:
Tiene unos ojos azules preciosos - He has beautiful blue eyes
So this means that instead of saying "He has beautiful blue eyes," you would say "He has eyes blue beautiful" in Spanish.
Another thing that you should bear in mind is that each adjective can be masculine or feminine, singular or plural. So forms of adjectives must match the noun they are modifying.
For example:
¡Qué lindas palabras! - What beautiful words!
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