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Common Descriptive Words in Spanish

Translate these descriptive adjectives and adverbs into Spanish.
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Last updated: December 9, 2018
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First submittedJanuary 22, 2012
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English
Español
well
bien
good
bueno
few
poco
a lot
mucho
large
grande
small
pequeño
better
mejor
worse
peor
English
Español
difficult
difícil
hard
duro
easy
fácil
sweet
dulce
fat
gordo
strong
fuerte
weak
débil
heavy
pesado
English
Español
tall
alto
thin
delgado
ugly
feo
rich
rico
bad
malo
more
más
less
menos
English
Español
ready
listo
young
joven
cold
frio
happy
feliz
new
nuevo
low
bajo
hot
caliente
+9
Level 95
Nov 12, 2018
Preparado for ready is also right
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Level 64
Nov 12, 2018
yes, please
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Level ∞
Nov 13, 2018
Okay
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Level 37
Sep 27, 2019
^ I first put disponible rather than listo for "ready", then realized that disponible is probably most readily translated as "available" rather than "ready".
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Level 88
Nov 13, 2018
Dificil.
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Level ∞
Dec 9, 2018
Creo que esta quiz no es muy difícil.
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Level 88
Dec 9, 2018
Muy divertido, me gusta mucho! Pero un problema...Please accept contento for happy. It definitely translates as 'happy' and can be used as an adverb as in "estoy contento," I am happy.
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Level ∞
Dec 9, 2018
Okay
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Level 75
Jul 25, 2020
Same for calor. I would say "Yo tengo calor" if I was hot.
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Level 78
Nov 4, 2020
Nah, calor means heat. Yo tengo calor means I have heat = I am hot, idiomatically.
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Level 75
May 19, 2021
Ecce's right. On its own calor means heat, even though in a sentence it can be translated as hot. Sentences are often not translated directly.

e.g. you'd translate 'tengo' as 'I am' in the sentence "tengo 30 años", but on its own you wouldn't accept tengo = I am.

+4
Level 60
Feb 2, 2019
Caluroso/a I think should be accepted for hot.
+12
Level 56
Feb 3, 2019
Alegre is also happy.
+12
Level 21
Feb 3, 2019
Like si hablas español
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Level 82
Feb 4, 2019
Argh, I know a lot of these words by sound, but only know how to spell them in French (eg, dificil vs difficile).
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Level 61
Feb 7, 2019
Large should be translated as "largo". Or at least both should be accepted.
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Level 44
Jul 10, 2019
Largo means long, it does not mean large.
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Level 56
May 8, 2020
Frio needs an accent on the i so it looks like 'frío'.
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Level 75
Jul 25, 2020
Creo que "calor" debería ser aceptado.
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Level 69
May 19, 2021
well "calor" is better translated as heat, not hot
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Level 88
May 19, 2021
Dang it! For some reason I kept trying to spell "dulce" as "dulche", and was wondering why I kept getting it wrong!
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Level 68
May 19, 2021
Accept mal?
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Level 68
May 19, 2021
I'm also pretty sure that I learned caro for rich, but google translate says it's expensive, so I'm probably misremembering.
+1
Level 74
May 19, 2021
If you like this quiz, check out Spanish False Cognates!
+3
Level 48
May 21, 2021
Accept "flojo" for weak.
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Level 80
May 23, 2022
I'd definitely agree with that.
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Level 48
May 22, 2021
What's ''thin'' in spanish?

Normale people: delgado

Me: flaco

+3
Level 60
Jun 27, 2021
Sitting here wondering why I didn't know the Spanish word for rich. On a geography quiz site. In a world where Costa Rica exists.
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Level 58
Nov 7, 2023
Tu mamá está muy rica.
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Level 65
Sep 19, 2021
I'm so proud of getting 30/30! Finally all those years living in Spain paid off :P
+1
Level 67
Feb 18, 2023
Accept chiquito for pequeño?
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Level 63
Sep 13, 2023
accept calor for hot
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Level 59
Feb 27, 2024
I thought it was mal for bad...