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An adjective is a word that describes a noun. In Spanish, adjectives have different endings depending on whether the word they are describing is masculine, feminine, singular or plural.

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Adjective agreements

An explanation of how to use adjectives and agreement in Spanish

In Spanish, must agree with the nouns they are describing, which means that they have to show if they are masculine or feminine and singular or plural to match the noun.

Making adjectives agree

When you look up an adjective in the dictionary, it is always in the masculine singular form, eg blanco. Adjectives in Spanish usually follow the patterns in this table to agree with the noun they are describing.

Adjectives ending in:Masculine singularFeminine singularMasculine pluralFeminine plural
-o/-a辫别辩耻别帽o辫别辩耻别帽a辫别辩耻别帽os辫别辩耻别帽as
-egrandegrandegrandesgrandes
-or/-oratrabajadortrabajadoratrabajadorestrabajadoras
a consonantazulazulazulesazules
Adjectives ending in:-o/-a
Masculine singular辫别辩耻别帽o
Feminine singular辫别辩耻别帽a
Masculine plural辫别辩耻别帽os
Feminine plural辫别辩耻别帽as
Adjectives ending in:-e
Masculine singulargrande
Feminine singulargrande
Masculine pluralgrandes
Feminine pluralgrandes
Adjectives ending in:-or/-ora
Masculine singulartrabajador
Feminine singulartrabajadora
Masculine pluraltrabajadores
Feminine pluraltrabajadoras
Adjectives ending in:a consonant
Masculine singularazul
Feminine singularazul
Masculine pluralazules
Feminine pluralazules

Adjectives of nationality that end in -o, eg chino, argentino follow the same patterns as in the table above. Some adjectives of nationality end in a consonant, eg 驳补濒茅蝉, 别蝉辫补帽辞濒 and 补濒别尘谩苍 and they follow a slightly different pattern:

Ending in -s驳补濒茅蝉galesagalesesgalesas
Ending in -l别蝉辫补帽辞濒别蝉辫补帽辞la别蝉辫补帽辞les别蝉辫补帽辞las
Ending in -n补濒别尘谩苍alemanaalemanesalemanas
Ending in -s
驳补濒茅蝉
galesa
galeses
galesas
Ending in -l
别蝉辫补帽辞濒
别蝉辫补帽辞la
别蝉辫补帽辞les
别蝉辫补帽辞las
Ending in -n
补濒别尘谩苍
alemana
alemanes
alemanas

Question

Complete the sentences with the correct adjective endings.

  1. Alejandro tiene los ojos azul__ y el pelo cort__.
  2. Mi hermana es muy alt__ y delgad__.
  3. Mis amigos 别蝉辫补帽辞濒__ son generos__ y acogedor___.
  4. Vivo en una ciudad grand__ y ruidos___.

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