A comprehensive explanation of Spanish adjectives, including their agreement with nouns in gender and number, types, and placement rules.

Spanish adjectives are words that describe or modify nouns, providing more information about their qualities, quantities, or identities. In Spanish, adjectives must agree in gender (masculine or feminine) and number (singular or plural) with the noun they describe. For example, "libro interesante" (interesting book) and "libros interesantes" (interesting books) show number agreement, while "niña alta" (tall girl) and "niño alto" (tall boy) show gender agreement. Adjectives can be descriptive (e.g., "rojo" for red), quantitative (e.g., "muchos" for many), demonstrative (e.g., "ese" for that), possessive (e.g., "mi" for my), or indefinite (e.g., "algún" for some). Most descriptive adjectives follow the noun (e.g., "casa blanca" — white house), but some, like "bueno" (good) or "grande" (big), often precede it. Understanding adjective agreement and placement is essential for building accurate and natural Spanish sentences.

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Descriptive Adjectives

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Demonstrative Adjectives

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Comparative Adjectives

Superlative Adjectives

Descriptive Adjectives
Descriptive adjectives in Spanish overview, role in sentence structure, agreement rules, placement, and examples (e.g., “casa blanca”).
Comparative Adjectives
Spanish comparative adjectives are used to compare two people, things, or groups. They can express “more ... than,” “less ... than,” or “as ... as” in Spanish. Understanding how to form these comparisons is key to describing differences and similarities.
Superlative Adjectives
Spanish superlative adjectives, including grammatical rules for formation, usage with articles, and examples of expressing the highest degree in a group.
Demonstrative Adjectives
Demonstrative adjectives in Spanish are words that indicate the position of a noun relative to the speaker, translating to “this,” “that,” or “those” in English.

Last updated: Thu Jun 12, 2025

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