Common Adjectives — Opposites
Essential descriptor pairs: grande/pequeño, caro/barato, bueno/malo, etc.
A2| Spanish | English | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|---|
| grande | big | pequeño/a | small |
| largo/a | long | corto/a | short (length) |
| alto/a | tall | bajo/a | short (height) |
| ancho/a | wide | estrecho/a | narrow |
| caro/a | expensive | barato/a | cheap |
| rápido/a | fast | lento/a | slow |
| bueno/a | good | malo/a | bad |
| nuevo/a | new | viejo/a | old |
| fácil | easy | difícil | difficult |
| duro/a | hard | blando/a / suave | soft |
| seco/a | dry | mojado/a | wet |
| claro/a | light | oscuro/a | dark |
- ·Adjectives ending in -o change to -a for feminine: rápido → rápida
- ·Adjectives ending in -e or consonant stay the same: grande, fácil
- ·Adjectives usually go AFTER the noun in Spanish: una casa grande
- ·Some change meaning by position: un gran hombre (great) vs un hombre grande (big)