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Thing to remember about adjectives in spanish
The order of adjectives is something that many beginners struggle to get their heads around, but just remember that unlike in English, Spanish adjectives usually go after the noun. So instead of saying “he has beautiful blue eyes,” you say the equivalent of “he has eyes blue beautiful”—“tiene unos ojos azules preciosos.”
Another thing to remember
Also, don’t forget that each adjective can either be masculine, feminine, singular and plural. So, the word lindo can actually be lindo (masculine single), linda (feminine single), lindos (masculine plural) or lindas (feminine plural) so that it agrees with the noun it’s modifying.
pretty
lindo
ugly
feo
happy
feliz
sad
triste
tall
alto
short
corto
big
grande
small
pequeno with that wavy thing on the n
simple
sencillo
complicated
complicado
fun
divertido
boring
aburrido
rich
rico
poor
pobre
new
nuevo
old
viejo
open
abierto
closed
cerrado
tired
cansado
hot
caluroso
cold
frio
expensive
caro
cheap
barato
fast
rapido with a little dash on a
slow
lento
strong
fuerte
weak
debil with little dash on e
big
grande
small
pequeno
spacious
Espacioso
Modern
Moderno
old
viejo
Important!
SER is an irregular verb so it will be used as “ES” for a single object like CUARTO (room) and “SON” when referring to several objects like CUARTOS. Some sentences using SER with adjectives are: “La casa es pequeña” (the house is small) and “La sala es cómoda” (the living room is comfortable). Another way to describe the house in Spanish is with the verb LUCIR (to look). LUCIR will be conjugated as LUCE for a single object and LUCEN for several as in the sentence “La casa luce pequeña” (the house looks small).
important
It is important to mention that in a regular house description in Spanish, we will also find the verbs HAY and TENER to talk about the things in a room and the verb ESTAR plus prepositions of place to indicate the location of rooms and parts of the house.
