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Revising Spanish grammar - adjectives - EduqasSuperlatives

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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Superlatives

Superlatives are used to compare things and say which one is the biggest, strongest, fastest, etc or the most/least. For example:

  • Mi casa es la m谩s grande (My house is the biggest).
  • Ana es la menos trabajadora (Ana is the least hardworking).

This is how to form superlatives:

Word chain to construct Spanish " el/la/los/las + mas/menos + adjective"

Irregular superlatives

These superlatives are irregular and don't follow the same pattern, eg:

Es la peor asignatura (It's the worst subject).

el/la mejor, los/las mejoresthe best
el/la peor, los/las peoresthe worst
el/la mayor, los/las mayoresthe oldest
el/la menor, los/ las menoresthe youngest
el/la mejor, los/las mejores
the best
el/la peor, los/las peores
the worst
el/la mayor, los/las mayores
the oldest
el/la menor, los/ las menores
the youngest

Change the adjectives in these sentences into superlatives.

Example: La casa es grande (The house is big) 鈫 La casa es la m谩s grande (The house is the biggest).

Question

  1. El estudiante es inteligente (The student is intelligent).
  2. La pel铆cula es mala (The film is bad).
  3. Los bocadillos son deliciosos (The sandwiches are delicious).
  4. Las playas son buenas (The beaches are good).

Absolute superlatives

If something is so amazingly good or bad that it can't be compared to anything, then you need the absolute superlative, eg las pizzas son grand铆simas (the pizzas are really, really big). This is formed by removing the final vowel from the (if there is one) and adding the ending -铆蝉颈尘辞 (or -铆sima/-铆蝉颈尘辞s/-铆simas) to make sure it agrees with the noun. For example:

bueno 鈫 buen铆simo

malo 鈫 mal铆simo

grande 鈫 grand铆simo