Adjectives describe people or things. You’ll need them whenever you want to describe what something or somebody is like. The car is old, the hotel is cheap. You get it. Memorize the Spanish adjectives below and you’ll be well equipped for most basic conversations.

This lesson is part of the chapter “Learning Spanish“.

Basic Words & Phrases: Adjectives

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Important adjectives

EnglishSpanishPronunciation
(Audio)
goodbuenoes_good
badmaloes_bad
newnuevoes_new
oldviejoes_old
smallpequeñoes_small
large / bigGrandees_largebig
longlargoes_long
shortcortoes_short
cheapbaratoes_cheap
expensivecaroes_expensive
light / clearclaroes_lightclear
darkoscuroes_dark
latetardees_late
earlytempranoes_early
interestinginteresantees_interesting
boringaburridoes_boring
tiredcansadoes_tired
easy / simplefácil
simple		es_easysimple
for freegratises_for-free
right / correctcorrectoes_rightcorrect
wrongmales_wrong
strongfuertees_strong
weakdebiles_weak

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