Know the comparative degrees of adjectives in Spanish to identify and use them properly.

What are the comparative forms of adjectives in Spanish?

The positive comparative form of adjectives
The comparative form of adjectives is determined by a grammatical structure in which an adjective modifies a subject; in other words, the noun possesses a particular characteristic.

Comparative Degree of Adjectives in Spanish

In the Spanish courses at International House Mexico, you will learn about the comparative degrees of adjectives in Spanish, how to use them in everyday conversations, and practise correct pronunciation.

The comparative degrees of adjectives indicate to a greater or lesser extent a quality between two objects or people. This grammatical structure uses descriptive adjectives to compare two subjects, and there are three types of comparatives.

  • Superiority This grammatical structure indicates that one subject possesses a characteristic to a greater extent than another.
  • This phone is bigger than mine.
  • The café on the corner is cheaper than the one at the hotel.
  • Today’s training was more intense than yesterday’s.
  • Equality Comparative adjectives of equality indicate that two nouns possess a characteristic to the same extent or with the same value.
  • Bruno is as tall as Simón.
  • This dessert is as good as that one.
  • Your house is as big as mine.
  • Inferiority These sentences mention that a subject has a characteristic to a lesser extent or value than another.
  • The chocolate with almonds is less bitter than the dark chocolate.
  • The blue house is less expensive than the red one.
  • This school year is less difficult than the previous one.

 

Superlative Degree of Adjectives in Spanish

In our Spanish Schools in Mexico you will learn that the superlative degree of adjectives serves to express the highest degree of quality or attribute. According to semantics and construction characteristics, there are two main categories: absolute and relative.

  • Absolute This form of comparative adjectives in Spanish is accompanied by the suffix ísimo and is used to emphasise the quality of a subject. Likewise, the relative form of the Spanish superlative degree is composed of the adverbs muy, tan, bien and sumamente before the adjective.
  • Pine nuts in Mexico are extremely expensive.
  • This detergent is really good.
  • The coffee is very hot.
  • I am so tired of cooking all day.
  • The book is very well written.
  • The receptionist was extremely friendly to the guest.

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