spanish adjectives
despistado
absentminded, clueless
asombrado
amazed, astonished
airado, furioso
angry, irate
angustiado (angustiarse: to get distressed)
anxious, distressed
arduo
arduous, difficult
excitado
aroused
avergonzado
ashamed, embarrassed
atónito
astonished, amazed
pésimo
awful, terrible
descarnado
bare, gaunt
descalzo
barefoot, without shoes
amargo
bitter
cegador
blinding, dazzling
atrevido
bold, daring
huesudo
bony
erizado (erizar: to make stand on end)
bristly, spiky
entrecortado
broken, faltering
castaño
brown (chestnut)
magullado
bruised
cascarrabias, gruñón
cantankerous, grumpy
preso
captive, prisoner (adj and noun)
retador(a)
challenging, tough
tacaño, codo
cheap; stingy
rechoncho, regordete
chubby, plump
nítido
clear and sharp
raspado
close-cropped shaved
torpe
clumsy, awkward
presumido
conceited, arrogant, vain
consumista (adj.) (m./f.)
consumer
cobarde
cowardly, a coward
acogedor (acoger: to receive, take in)
cozy, welcoming
agrietado
cracked, chapped
rajado
cracked, split
abarrotado
crammed, stuffed, packed
descabellado
crazy, ridiculous, hair brained
crujiente (crujir: to rustle, crunch, grind)
crunchy, crispy
machacado
crushed, mashed
curado
cured (meats/cheese), healed
ensordecedor
deafening, ear-splitting
difunto, muerto, fallecido
deceased, dead
derrotado
defeated
deshidratado
dehydrated
abatido
dejected, shot down
despectivo/a
derogatory; disrespectful
inmundo
dirty, filthy
descartado
discarded, ruled out, dismissed
desconfiado, receloso, suspicaz
distrustful, suspicious
turbado (turbar: to disturb)
disturbed, upset
ahogado (ahogarse)
drowned, a drowned person
estrafalario
eccentric, outlandish, bizarre
alargado
elongated
vergonzoso, bochornoso, embarazoso
embarrassing
ameno
enjoyable, pleasant
entusiasmado
enthused, excited
erguido (erguirse: to stand erect)
erect, upright
emocionante
exciting
caducado
expired, lapsed
estremadamente (adv)
extremely
fofo
flabby
llameante (llamear: to blaze)
flaming, blazing
halagado (halagar: to flatter)
flattered
halagador
flattering
fétido, asqueroso ¡Qúe asco!
foul, revolting How disgusting!
pecoso
freckled, freckly
espantoso
frightening
primordial (adjetivo)
fundamental, essential
sombrio
gloomy, somber, cheerless
chismoso
gossipy
gruñón, cascarrabias
grumpy, grouchy
adormilado
half-asleep
(la) avellena
hazel (m and f), hazelnut
servicial, atento
helpful, attentive
ronco
hoarse, harsh (voice)
honrado
honest, decent, honorable
ganchudo
hooked
acalorado
hot, heated
húmedo
humid
hambriento (estar) (la hambre)
hungry, starving
gélido
icy
ebrio
inebriated
ingenioso
ingenious, clever
acobardado (acobardar to intimidate)
intimidated
gozoso (el gozo)
joyful
jugoso
juicy, succulent
ligero
light (in weight), slight
liviano
light-hearted
anhelante
longing
holgado (holgar: to be idle)
loose, baggy
suelto
loose, free
sonoro
loud, resonant
derretido
melted
derritido
melted
templado
mild, temperate
decaído
miserable, downcast
empañado
misty, faint, dull
burlón/a
mocking
ingenuo
naive
angosto
narrow
estrecho
narrow (LA), close to
travieso
naughty, mischievous
cargoso
needy
entrometido
nosy; meddlesome
odioso, ofensivo
obnoxious (person, act)
desubicado
out of place
sobresaliente
outstanding
agobiado
overwhelmed, worn out
quisquilloso
picky
pintoresco
picturesque, scenic
jugetón/a
playful
complacido
pleased, satisfied
pulido
polished, refined
prevenido
prepared, forewarned
destartalado
ramshackle, rundown
reciclado
recycled
renovable
renewable
podrido (las manzanas podridas) (pudrir: to rot)
rotten (the bad apples)
aspero
rough, uneven
alborotado
rowdy, unruly
gomoso (la goma)
rubbery, chewy
deprimido
sad, depressed
cuerdo, sensato
sane, sensible
escamoso
scaly, flaky
arañado / rayado
scratched
rayado
scratched, striped
ensimismado
self-absorbed, engrossed, self-centered
friolento
sensitive to the cold
sombroso
shady
puntiagudo
sharp, pointed
adormecido
sleepy, numb
apestoso
smelly, stinky annoying
ahumado
smoky, smoked
calado hasta los huesos (calar: to soak)
soaked to the bone
agrio
sour, tart
esponjoso
spongy, fluffy
salpicado (salpicar: to splash, sprinkle)
sprinkled, dotted
sigiloso
stealthy
empinado, escarpado (inclinado)
steep
pegajoso
sticky
hediondo (el hedor: stench)
stinking, reeking
terco
stubborn, obstinate
aturdido (aturdir: to stun, deafen, daze)
stunned, dazed
hosco
sullen, surly
enredado (enredar: to tangle up)
tangled, knotted, convoluted
enmarañado
tangled, messy, knotted
curtido
tanned, weather-beaten
espeso, grueso, tupido
thick, dense
apretado
tight-fitting
diminuto
tiny, minute
retorcido
twisted
descontroladamente (adv)
uncontrollably
ileso
unhurt, unharmed, unscathed
desprevenido
unprepared, off-guard
atareado
very busy
cálido
warm
lloroso
watery (eyes), tearful
desgastado
worn out, in bad shape
raído
worn-out, threadbare
conmovido, emocionado
(emotionally) moved
somnoliento
Drowsy; sleepy