Bienvenidos a la clase de español.
We explored adjectives in a previous lesson and today we are going to apply adjectives to people. You can revisit our lesson on adjectives here. You will learn how to describe your own characteristics and the characteristics of other people.
Remember that the adjective must agree in gender (masculine / feminine) and number (singular / plural) with the noun.
Por Ejemplo:
El policía inteligente Los policías inteligentes
La profesora simpática Las profesoras simpáticas
Read through the following list of characteristics.
20 Common Personality Adjectives
(20 adjetivos de personalidad)
Aburrido/ a | boring |
Amable | kind |
Ambicioso/ a | ambitious |
Antipático/a | unpleasant |
Bueno/ a | good |
Cómico / a | funny |
Divertido / a | entertaining |
Extrovertido/a | outgoing |
Interesante | interesting |
Malo/ a | bad |
Paciente | patient |
Perezoso/ a | lazy |
Responsable | responsible |
Simpático/a | nice |
Tímido/a | shy |
Activo / a | active/ energetic |
Inteligente | intelligent |
Tonto/a | silly, dumb |
Trabajador/a | hard -working |
Valiente | brave |
These adjectives can be modified with words such as muy (very) or un poco (a little).
Por ejemplo:
Soy muy extrovertido. Soy un poco perezoso
I am very outgoing. I am a little lazy
Now you know some words to describe people and how to use them. But do you know how to ask for a description? Let’s look at that.
When asking someone to describe himself/herself you would say ¿Cómo eres tú? / ¿Cómo eres?
To ask for a description of someone else you would say ¿Cómo es… ?
Por Ejemplo
¿Cómo es tu mamá? – What is your Mom like?
Note: This should not be confused with ¿Cómo estás? And ¿Cómo está tu mamá?
¿Cómo eres tú? What are you like? – Requires description
¿Cómo es tu mamá? What is your mother like? – Requires description
¿Cómo estás? How are you? (now) – How are you feeling at present?
¿Cómo está tu mamá? – How is your mother? – How is she feeling at present?
Let’s see this grammar and vocabulary in practice now:
Sample Dialogue between two students describing their friends and family
Maria y Pepe hablan de otras personas – Maria and Pepe talk about other people.
Maria: ¿Cómo se llama tu mejor amigo? (What is your best friend’s name?)
Pepe: Se llama Juan Carlos.
Maria: ¿Cómo es Juan Carlos?
Pepe: Él es cómico y activo pero muy inteligente y trabajador. (He is funny and active but intelligent and hard-working).
Pepe: ¿Cómo es tu padre? (What is your father like?)
Maria: Mi papá es muy alto, fuerte y serio. Pero es muy amable. (My Dad is very tall, strong and serious. But he is very friendly.)
Pepe: Ok. ¿Cuántos años tiene tu papá?
Maria: El tiene cuarenta y cinco años. Es policia.
Pepe: Okay
Maria: ¿Cómo es tu hermana mayor? (What is your older sister like?)
Pepe: Ella es perezosa pero muy divertida y simpática. Ella está casada. (She is lazy but very entertaining and nice. She is married).
Maria: ¿Ella es bonita? (Is she pretty?)
Pepe: Sí pero Maria, tú eres más bonita. (Yes but Maria, you are prettier)
Looks like someone’s sweet on someone!
If you’d like to listen to some of these explanations or see some more examples, check out this Señor Jordan video.
You Practice:
Try writing a short sentence about yourself or about someone you know. You can start by saying, “Yo soy...” or Él / Ella es…” Then add about 4 characteristics/ adjectives. Just remember to ensure that the adjectives agree in gender.
Happy Spanish Learning! See you again soon for more descriptions!
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More great info. I am beginning to be able to almost put something together and try it on someone. Some Day. Thank you for the opportunity.
Yess!!!!! Haha. Keep at it for sure 🙂