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The 300 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
101	blanco	white
102	religioso	religious
103	próximo	near
104	familiar	familial, family
105	diario	daily
106	cristiano	Christian
107	sujeto	held, grasped
108	básico	basic
109	profundo	profound
110	individuo	indivisible
111	viejo	old	Se levanta del sillón, busca en un estante un disco viejo, de pasta, y lo pone en el combinado. —Un poco de música —dice.He gets out of the chair, looks on the shelf for an old record, made of plastic, and he puts it in the radiogram. "A little music," he says.
112	educativo	educational
113	popular	popular
114	demasiado	too much, too many, excessive	Ellos beben demasiado licor.They drink too much liquor.
115	responsable	responsible, answerable
116	específico	specific
117	interno	internal
118	concreto	concrete
119	directo	direct, straightforward
120	suficiente	sufficient, enough
121	inglés	English
122	absoluto	absolute
123	simple	simple
124	amplio	broad, large, spacious, wide, expansive
125	fácil	easy, facile, simple	Quiero un trabajo fácil.I want an easy task.
126	grave	serious, grave
127	tradicional	traditional
128	colectivo	collective
129	lector	reading
130	intelectual	intellectual
131	electrónico	electronic
132	interesante	interesting
133	legal	legal, statutory
134	comercial	commercial
135	muerto	dead
136	particular	specific, particular
137	moderno	modern
138	francés	French	Soy francés.I'm French.
139	exterior	external, outer
140	laboral	labor
141	permanente	permanent
142	activo	active
143	similar	similar
144	original	original
145	extranjero	foreign
146	normal	normal, standard, regular, fine	A mi me parece normal.It seems fine to me.
147	vivo	alive, living
148	correspondiente	respective
149	hablador	talkative
150	global	global
151	positivo	positive
152	relativo	relative, comparative
153	complejo	complex, sophisticated, intricate
154	industrial	industrial
155	constante	constant
156	individual	individual
157	universal	universal
158	sencillo	plain
159	jurídico	legal, juridical
160	democrático	democratic
161	norte	north, northern
162	sexual	sexual
163	espiritual	spiritual
164	universitario	university
165	enorme	enormous, huge
166	rojo	red
167	tecnológico	technological
168	supuesto	supposed, self-styled, alleged	El supuesto jefe de la rebelión.The self-styled leader of the rebellion.
169	imposible	impossible	Su acento me es casi imposible de entender.His accent is almost impossible for me to understand.
170	rápido	rapid, quick, fast
171	chico	small
172	cuarto	fourth
173	rico	rich
174	urbano	urban
175	pronto	prompt, on time
176	plano	plane, level
177	negativo	negative
178	latino	of Lazio, Italy
179	financiero	financial
180	previo	previous
181	católico	Catholic	No me siento muy católico.I'm a little under the weather.
182	numeroso	numerous
183	editorial	editorial
184	terreno	ground, land, earth
185	periódico	periodic
186	preciso	precise
187	esencial	essential
188	literario	literary
189	extremo	extreme, dire
190	divino	divine
191	corto	short
192	significado	well-known
193	disponible	available
194	ambiental	environmental
195	corriente	flowing, running
196	existente	existent, existing
197	puro	pure, clear
198	digital	digital, having to do with the fingers or toes
199	autónomo	autonomous
200	tamaño	as big or small, equivalent in size, so big/so small, such a big/small
201	externo	external
202	inmediato	immediate
203	útil	helpful, useful
204	efectivo	effective
205	reciente	recent
206	clásico	classic
207	indígena	indigenous
208	americano	of the Americas
209	lleno	full
210	correcto	correct, right
211	doble	double
212	par	even
213	alemán	German
214	apartado	remote, isolated
215	investigador	researching, investigating
216	enfermo	sick, ill
217	evidente	obvious, evident, apparent, clear
218	ideal	ideal
219	regional	regional
220	regular	regular, steady, even
221	administrativo	administrative
222	serio	serious, earnest, sober, solemn	Nunca te vuelvas una persona seria.Never become a serious person.
223	académico	academic
224	secreto	secret
225	significativo	significant
226	breve	brief, short
227	mental	mental
228	posterior	posterior, later
229	escolar	scholar, school
230	enemigo	adverse, hostile
231	independiente	independent
232	consciente	aware, cognizant
233	continuo	continual, constant
234	experto	expert
235	revolucionario	revolutionary
236	falso	false, untrue
237	duro	hard
238	secundario	secondary
239	inferior	inferior
240	occidental	western
241	inicial	initial
242	judicial	judicial
243	adecuado	appropriate, suitable
244	adulto	adult
245	habitual	habitual
246	penal	penal
247	habitante	inhabiting, said of something that inhabits
248	peligroso	perilous, dangerous	No hagas preguntas. Las preguntas son peligrosas.Don't ask questions. Questions are dangerous.
249	perfecto	perfect
250	requisito	required, requisite
251	potencial	potential
252	frío	cold
253	teórico	theoretical
254	químico	chemical	contaminación quimicachemical contamination
255	definitivo	definitive, conclusive
256	cercano	near, nearby, close
257	anual	yearly, annual
258	entero	whole, entire
259	estadounidense	of the United States of America, US-American, U.S. American
260	salvo	safe
261	municipal	municipal
262	sanitario	sanitary
263	famoso	well-known, famous
264	verde	green in colour	La puerta es verde.The door is green.
265	gráfico	graphic
266	semejante	similar
267	campesino	rural
268	socialista	socialist
269	titular	titular
270	escaso	scarce, limited, scant, meager, meagre, skimpy, rare, insufficient, slight, slim
271	feliz	happy, merry
272	múltiple	multiple
273	mexicano	Mexican
274	rural	rural
275	docente	teaching
276	variable	variable
277	productor	producing
278	poderoso	powerful
279	directivo	director, directing, director
280	sagrado	holy, sacred
281	eficaz	effective, efficacious
282	castellano	Castilian
283	lógico	logical
284	radical	radical, seismic
285	frecuente	frequent
286	infantil	childish
287	curioso	curious, inquisitive
288	auténtico	authentic, real, true
289	bello	beautiful, fair
290	estatal	state
291	judío	Jewish
292	vasco	Basque
293	ético	ethical
294	primario	first
295	productivo	fruitful, productive
296	comunitario	community
297	raro	rare, strange, odd
298	formal	formal
299	griego	Greek
300	cotidiano	daily, quotidian

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