Spanish Quiz
singular, plural
Adjectives that don't end in -o
masculine, feminine, singular, plural
Adjectives that end in -o
Spanish
After a superlative, the Spanish preposition "de" has the same meaning as the preposition "in"
Albert is very thin. He has straight light brown hair.
Alberto es muy delgado. Tiene el pelo liso y castaño.
Ana has long black hair. She has small lips.
Ana tiene el pelo largo y negro. Tiene una boca pequeña.
Carlos is red hair and has brown eyes.
Carlos es pelirojo y tiene los ojos cafés.
Ernesto Velázquez is handsome and strong. He has black hair and green eyes.
Ernesto Velázquez es guapo y fuerte. Tiene el pelo negro y los ojos verdes.
George is tall and has curly hair. He has black eyes.
Jorges es alto y tiene el pelo rizado. Tiene los ojos negros.
However, más grande means larger or greater (not older), and más pequeño means smaller in size (not younger)
Más, menos, and tan cannot be used with these irregular comparisons, except with grande and pequeño.
Paola is short. She has blond hair and blue eyes.
Paola es baja. Tiene el pelo rubio y los ojos azules.
Comparative constructions
The adjective must agree in gender and number with the noun or pronoun to which it refers.
1. -er than as in "taller than" 2. more... than as in "more intelligent than"
The construction más... que has two English equivalents
Subject
The subject tells you if it is singular or plural
Superlatives
They are formed by placing the article in front of the comparative construction
good
bueno
good-better
bueno-mejor
the best
el mejor
big
grande
big-older
grande-mayor
the oldest
la mayor
the prettiest
la más bonita
bad
malo
bad-worse
malo-peor
prettier
mas bonita
older
mayor
better
mejor
younger
menor
less
menos
less... than
menos... que
many
mucho
many-more
mucho-más
more
más
larger
más grande
smaller
más pequeño
more... than
más... que
worse
peor
small
pequeño
small-younger
pequeño-menor
few
poco
few-less
poco-menos
as... as
tan... como