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Lesson 3.2.2 · Adjetivos esenciales

🔍 Describing Things

Adjectives, comparisons, and the small words that let you describe anything — from the price to the weather to your mood.

Sub-lessons

Break this lesson into focused chunks. Each sub-lesson has its own Memory Lab — active recall, mnemonics, elaboration, interleaved review, and shadowing — scoped to just those words.

01

Core adjectives

Adjectives agree with nouns: 'limpio/limpia/limpios/limpias'. The endings change but the meaning stays the same.

bueno[BWEH-noh]

good

mejor[meh-HOR]

better

grande[GRAN-deh]

big

pequeño[peh-KEH-nyoh]

small

limpio[LEEM-pyoh]

clean

favorito[fah-boh-REE-toh]

favorite

diferente[dee-feh-REN-teh]

different

lo mismo[loh MEES-moh]

the same

agradable[ah-grah-DAH-bleh]

nice

ligero[lee-HEH-roh]

light

genial[heh-NYAL]

great

equivocado[eh-kee-boh-KAH-doh]

wrong

fácil[FAH-seel]

easy

difícil[dee-FEE-seel]

hard

Example sentences

  • Hoy estoy bueno.

    Today I feel good.

  • Mi amigo es muy mejor.

    My friend is very better.

  • La comida está grande.

    The food is big.

Mini-diálogo

A

Mi amigo es muy bueno.

My friend is very good.

B

La comida está mejor.

The food is better.

02

Comparing and quantifying

'Más alto que' = taller than. 'Demasiado' = too much (more than you want). 'El tipo' / 'la cosa' are catch-all words for 'kind of thing'.

que[KEH]

than

demasiado[deh-mah-SYAH-doh]

too much

el tipo[el TEE-poh]

kind / type

la cosa[lah KOH-sah]

thing

las cosas[las KOH-sas]

things

gastar[gas-TAR]

to spend

Example sentences

  • Hoy estoy que.

    Today I feel than.

  • Mi amigo es muy demasiado.

    My friend is very too much.

  • Me gusta el tipo.

    I like the kind / type.

Mini-diálogo

A

Mi amigo es muy que.

My friend is very than.

B

La comida está demasiado.

The food is too much.

MEM

Memory lab

Five research-backed techniques — active recall, mnemonics, elaboration, interleaving, and production — applied to this lesson's vocabulary. Your progress trains a spaced-repetition schedule under the hood.

Force the answer from memory before peeking. The struggle is the workout — that's the testing effect.

01 / 20New card

Recall from English

too much

EX

Practice exercises

Test what stuck. Multiple-choice and fill-in-the-blank — pulled live from this lesson's vocabulary.

01
What does this mean?

grande

02
What does this mean?

pequeño

03
How do you say this?

light

04
How do you say this?

kind / type

05
What does this mean?

fácil

06
How do you say this?

great

07

Fill the blank

La comida está _____.

The food is big.

08

Fill the blank

Hoy estoy _____.

Today I feel than.

Score: 0 / 8

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