This list of the most 140 common adjectives in Spanish is the perfect place to start expanding your Spanish vocabulary, and it’s very useful when it comes to producing descriptive sentences, which can be used daily.

Most Common Adjectives In Spanish
English | Spanish |
Able | Capaz |
Active | Activo |
Aged | Viejo/ Antiguo |
Amazing | Increíble |
Angry | Enojado |
Awake | Despierto |
Bad | Malo |
Beautiful | Hermoso/ hermosa |
Best | Mejor |
Big | Grande |
Black | Negro |
Broken | Roto |
Burnt | Quemado |
Busy | Ocupado |
Certain | Cierto |
Cheap | Barato |
Chic | Chic |
Clean | Limpio |
Clear | Claro |
Clever | Inteligente |
Closed | Cerrado |
Cold | frío |
Comfortable | Cómodo |
Complex | Complejo |
Cooked | Cocido |
Crazy | Loco |
Dangerous | Peligroso |
Dark colored | De color oscuro |
Dear | Querido/ querida |
Delicious | Delicioso |
Different | Diferente |
Difficult | Difícil |
Dirty | Sucio |
Dizzy | Mareado |
Dry | Seco |
Dumb | Tonto |
Early | Temprano |
Easy | Fácil |
Economic | Económico |
Empty | Vacío |
Envious | Envidioso |
Expensive | Caro |
Famous | Famoso |
Far | Lejos |
Fast | Rápido |
Fat | Gordo |
Free | Gratis |
Full | Lleno |
Funny | Gracioso |
Generous | Generoso |
Good | Bueno |
Great | Genial |
Greedy | Codicioso |
Happy | Feliz |
Hard | Duro |
Heavy | Pesado |
High | Alto |
Hot | Caliente |
Human | Humano |
Important | Importante |
Innocent | Inocente |
International | Internacional |
Jealous | Celoso |
Kind | Amable |
Known | Conocido |
Large | Grande |
Last | Último |
Late | Tarde |
Light | Luz |
Light colored | De color claro |
Little | Pequeño |
Local | Local |
Low | Bajo |
Major | Mayor |
Medium | Médium |
Messy | Desordenado |
Mixed | Mixto |
Modern | Moderno |
Much | Mucho |
Mute | Mudo |
Nasty | Desagradable |
National | Nacional |
Natural | Natural |
Naughty | Travieso |
Necessary | Necesario |
Nervous | Nervioso |
New | Nuevo |
Normal | Normal |
Old | Viejo |
Open | Aberto |
Polite | Educado |
Political | Político |
Popular | Popular |
Possible | Posible |
Pretty | Bonito / bonita |
Public | Público |
Real | Real |
Recent | Reciente |
Respectable | Respetable |
Right | Derecha |
Rough | Duro |
Round | Redondo |
Sad | Triste |
Salty | Salado |
Sensitive | Sensible |
Serious | Serio |
Sharp | Afilado |
Short | Corto |
Shy | Tímido |
Sick | Enfermo |
Silent | Silencioso |
Similar | Similar |
Skillful | Hábil |
Small | Pequeño |
Smart | Inteligente |
Social | Social |
Soft | Suave |
Solid | Sólido |
Spacious | Espacioso |
Special | Especial |
Spicy | Picante |
Stinky | Apestoso |
Strong | Fuerte |
Stupid | Estúpido |
Sweet | Dulce |
Tall/Long | Alto/largo |
Thin | Delgado |
Tight | Apretado |
Tired | Cansado |
Traditional | Tradicional |
Ugly | Feo |
Warm | Caliente |
Weird | Raro |
Wet | Húmedo |
White | Blanco |
Whole | Entero |
Wrong | Malo |
Young | Joven |
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