1. Los adjetivos en español
Adjectives in Spanish
Los adjetivos en español
Sheila McCoy
Floyd College

2. Adjectives are like mirrors:
they reflect the gender and
number of the noun they
modify.
Adjective = Noun
in form

3. El chico simpático simpática La chica Nouns have gender and number
in Spanish and so the adjective
must reflect the same gender and
number as its noun.
El chico
simpático or
La chica
simpática

4. or
Los chicos
simpáticos or
Las chicas
simpáticas

5. alto alt a s s alto alta Masculine: Feminine:
Regular adjectives--those that end in o--change to the
feminine by dropping the -o and adding -a; they then
change to the plural by adding -s to either form:
Masculine:
Feminine:
alto
alt a
Singular: s s
alto
alta
Plural:

6. es fácil fácil fácil es fácil
Most irregular adjectives--those that end in a letter other than o--only change the ending to indicate plurals. If the adjective ends in a consonant, the
plural form adds -es.
Masculine:
Feminine:
fácil
fácil
Singular es
fácil es
fácil
Plural

7. El chico japonés La chica japonesa La revista alemana
Some exceptions to the previous rules are adjectives of nationality and adjectives that end in -or or -z.
Adjectives of nationality that end in consonants add -a to form
the feminine singular, which then forms its plural by adding -s.
El chico japonés
El libro alemán
La chica japonesa
La revista alemana
El restaurante español
La cafetería española

8. El estudiante trabajador
Adjectives that end in -or add -a to form the feminine:
El estudiante trabajador
La estudiante trabajadora
Adjectives that end in -z change the -z to -c and then add -es to form the plural:
El estudiante feliz
La estudiante feliz
Los estudiantes felices
Las estudiantes felices

9. Una muchacha simpática y interesante
If more than one adjective modifies and follows a noun , you may connect them with the conjunction -y:
Una muchacha simpática y interesante or
Un muchacho bajo y ágil

10. N (Adj) (Adj) xy xy xy Remember that in Spanish , whether it follows
or precedes the noun, the adjective must match the noun in gender and number: N
(Adj)
(Adj) = = xy xy xy
X=masculine or feminine
Adj=adjective
N= noun
Y= singular or plural