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The 100 most common adjectives in Spanish 🇪🇸

Spanish adjectives ranked by how often they appear, each with its translation and an example sentence. Press the speaker to hear a word.

#	Spanish	English	Example
1	grande	big, large	Mi papá ya es muy grande para hacer eso.My dad is now a bit old to do that.
2	bueno	good	Que tengas una buena noche.Have a good night.
3	nuevo	new
4	social	social
5	medio	half
6	derecho	straight
7	propio	own	Tengo mi propio coche.I have my own car
8	pequeño	small, little
9	humano	human
10	público	public
11	político	political
12	tal	such	No hay tal cosa como los monstruos.There's no such thing as monsters.
13	último	final, last
14	importante	important
15	español	Spanish
16	general	general, overall
17	solo	sole, only, unique, single	La máquina se lava sola.The machine washes itself.; The machine is self-washing.
18	posible	possible
19	bajo	short
20	segundo	second
21	nacional	national, nationwide
22	sentido	deeply felt, heartfelt
23	económico	economic
24	necesario	necessary, requisite
25	cierto	true	Cierto o falso: la mayoría de los Españoles son hispanohablantes.True or false: the majority of Spanish people are Spanish speakers.
26	dicho	mentioned, said, aforementioned
27	diferente	different
28	alto	tall
29	internacional	international
30	hecho	done, completed
31	siguiente	following	Lo siguiente que puedo recordar es que salí corriendo.The next thing I can remember was running out.
32	santo	holy, godly
33	personal	personal
34	objetivo	objective
35	único	only, single, sole
36	claro	light, bright
37	incluso	enclosed, included
38	final	final
39	real	real
40	principal	main, most important
41	presente	present
42	libre	free
43	europeo	European
44	pobre	poor	Mi pobre vecino siempre está llorando.My poor neighbor is always crying.
45	material	material
46	natural	natural	En realidad prefiero yogur natural.I actually prefer plain yogurt.
47	cultural	culture, cultural
48	joven	young, youthful	Mis tías son jóvenes.My aunts are young.
49	anterior	anterior , previous, earlier, former, past
50	futuro	future
51	científico	scientific
52	malo	bad
53	igual	equal, same	Isidora es igual de alta que yo.Isidora is as tall as me.
54	actual	present, current	San Pablo nació en Tarso de Cilicia en la actual Turquía.Saint Paul was born in Tarsus of Cilicia in present-day Turkey.
55	paso	dried
56	verdadero	true, real
57	mal	Apocopic form of malo bad, evil	Me di cuenta de que algo estaba mal.I realized something was amiss.
58	partido	broken
59	común	common, ordinary
60	tercero	third
61	demás	other, remaining
62	profesional	professional
63	largo	long	un kilo largo de naranjasa good kilo of oranges
64	especial	special
65	trabajador	hard-working
66	superior	upper, higher
67	distinto	distinct, different, discrete
68	mundial	related to all the parts of the world, global
69	histórico	historical
70	total	total, complete, outright
71	antiguo	old, former, erstwhile, quondam, one-time, onetime
72	físico	physical
73	local	local
74	técnico	technical
75	conjunto	joint
76	paciente	patient
77	seguro	secure, safe	¿Estás seguro de que escuchó lo que dijiste?Are you certain he/she listened to what you said?
78	difícil	difficult, hard, tough, challenging, rough, tricky, trying, arduous, testing
79	animal	animal
80	crítico	critical , judgmental
81	bastante	enough, sufficient	Necesitas beber bastante agua.You need to drink enough water.
82	fuerte	strong
83	fundamental	fundamental
84	civil	civil
85	ciudadano	living in a city
86	moral	moral
87	capital	capital	Es asunto de capital importancia.This is a very important matter.
88	completo	full, complete
89	abierto	open, unlocked	La puerta está abierta.The door is open.
90	tarde	late
91	privado	private, privy	Ningún niño debe ser privado del derecho a la educación nunca.No child should ever be denied the right to education.
92	interior	inner, interior
93	militar	military
94	junto	together
95	capaz	able, capable
96	práctico	practical
97	central	central
98	oficial	official
99	determinado	specific, particular, certain
100	contrario	contrary, opposite

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