Adjetivos calificativos clasificados por categoras

Texture / Touch: hard, soft, smooth, wet, ... Materials: wooden, wooden, plastic, iron, ... Religion: Catholic, Protestant, Anglican, ...

Texture/Touch - Textura/Tacto
hard (jrd) - duro

soft (soft) - blando

rough (raf) - spero, rugoso solid (slid) - slido wet (wt) - mojado dry (dri) - seco

smooth (smud) - suave, liso liquid (lkuid) - lquido

slippery (slperi) - resbaladizo sticky (stki) - pegagoso even (ven) - llano, liso sharp (sharp) - afilado clean (klin) - limpio dirty (drti) - sucio

uneven (anven) - desigual blunt (blant) - desafilado

tight (tit) - apretado

loose (lus) - holgado That area is now smooth, dry and hard. Spider's webs are made of a sticky material.

Ese rea es ahora suave, seca y dura.

Las telaraas estn hechas de un material pegagoso.

Materials - Materiales
iron (iron) - de hierro steel (stil) - de acero rubber (rber) - de goma paper (piper) - de papel woolen (wulen) - de lana

plastic (plstic) - de plstico stone (stun) - de piedra glass(gls) - de vidrio wooden (wudn) - de madera leather (lder) - de cuero silver (slver) - de plata gold (guld) - de oro tin (tin) - de lata

cotton (kton) - de algodn They had to cross the wooden bridge. My brother collected glass objects.

Tuvieron que cruzar elpuente de madera.

Mi hermano coleccionaba objetos de vidrio.

Religion - Religin
Catholic (czolic) - catlico

Protestant (prtestant) - protestante Anglican (nglican) - anglicano Baptist (bptist) - bautista Hindu (jndu) - hind Christian (crstchan) - cristiano Buddhist (bdist) - budista Jewish (dchish) - judo

Muslin (mslim) - musulmn Lutheran (lzeran) - luterano There was a Catholic school in the neighborhood. The Jewish and Christian religions consider the Bible to be holy.

Haba una escuela catlica en el vecindario.

Las religiones cristianas y judas consideran sagrada a la biblia.

Condition: crazy, sane, drunk, sober, ... Taste: sweet, sour, bitter, salty, ... Cooking: boiled, roast, fried, broiled, ...

Condition - Condicin

crazy (crissi) - loco sane (sin) - cuerdo sick (sk) - enfermo

healthy (jlzi) - sano

drunk (drnk) - borracho sober (suber) - sobrio tired (tierd) - cansado full (ful) - lleno

broken (bruken) - roto empty (mpti) - vaco dead (dd) - muerto alive (aliv) - vivo

hungry (jngri) - hambriento asleep (aslip) - dormido busy (bsi) - ocupado idle (idl) - ocioso awake (auik) - despierto

open (upen) - abierto single (sngl) - soltero

closed (clust) - cerrado married (mrrid) - casado

engaged (enguidch) - comprometido separated (sparitid) - separado divorced (divrst) - divorciado

Los nios estn siempre hambrientos cuando llegan a casa del club de natacin.

The children are always hungry when they get home from the swimming club.

Taste - Sabor
sweet (suit) - dulce sour (suer) - agrio

salty (slti) - salado bitter (bter) - amargo fresh (fresh) - fresco stale (stil) - rancio tasty (tisti) - rico

greasy (grisi) - grasiento

delicious (delshos) - delicioso tasteless (tistles) - inspido fatty (fti) - graso rotten (rten) - podrido

spicy (spici) - picante hot (jot) - picante

Ese cocinero hace comidas sabrosas, ricas en especias y condimentos. Esta torta est demasiado dulce para m. This cake is too sweet for me.

That cook makes tasty meals, rich in spices and seasonings.

Cooking - Cocina
cooked (kkt) - cocinado baked (bikt) - horneado fried (frid) - frito boiled (bild) - hervido peeled (pild) - pelado sliced (slist) - rebanado stewed (stid) - guisado steamed (stimd) - al vapor

roast (rust) - asado al horno cut (ct) - cortado

broiled (brild) - asado a la parrilla grated (gritid) - rallado That familiy likes to eat roast beef for dinner.

A esa familia le gusta comer carne asada para la cena

No tenamos nada para comer, excepto papas hervidas.

We had nothing to eat, except boiled potatoes.

Adjetivos calificativos clasificados por categoras

Sound: loud, noisy, quiet, silent, ... Opinion: good, bad, difficult, easy, ...

Personality (positive): honest, intelligent, ...

Personality (negative): dishonest, pessimistic, ...

Sound - Sonido
loud (lud) - alto; fuerte soft (soft) - suave quiet (kuiet) - suave

faint (fint) - dbil, bajo mute (mit) - mudo

audible (dibl) - audible hoarse (hrs) - ronco

inaudible (indibl) - inaudible silent (silent) - silencioso noisy (nisi) - ruidoso deaf (def) - sordo deafening (dfning) - ensordecedor

shrill (shril) - agudo, chilln

melodic (mildic) - meldico We could not have a conversation because of the loud music. The teacher entered the noisy room.

No pudimos tener una conversacin debido a la msica fuerte. La maestra ingres al ruidoso recinto.

Opinion - Opinin
good (gud) - bueno bad (bad) - malo easy (si) - fcil

dfficult (dfikalt) - difcil true (tru) - verdadero false (fls) - falso

careful (krful) - cuidadoso

careless (krles) - descuidado right (rit) - correcto useful (isful) - til

important (imprtant) - importante wrong (rong) - equivocado useless (isles) - intil cheap (chip) - barato expensive (ekspnsiv) caro famous (fimos) - famoso

interesting (ntresting) - interesante unknown (an nun) - desconocido He arrived late at the concert because he had taken the wrong highway. Plane tickets are very expensive at this time of year.

Lleg tarde al concierto porque haba tomado la carretera equivocada. Los boletos de avin son muy caros en esta poca del ao.

Personality (positive) - Personalidad (positivo)

honest (nest) - honesto

courageous (karidchos) - valiente optimistic (optimstic) - optimista sincere (sinser) - sincero intelligent (intlidchent) - inteligente ambitious (ambshos) - ambicioso modest (mdest) - modesto sensible (snsibl) - sensato friendly (frndli) - amistoso

practical (prktical) - prctico tolerant (tlerant) - tolerante

considerate (consderet) - considerado responsible (rispnsibl) - responsable generous (dchneros) - generoso patient ( pishent) - paciente

disciplined (dsciplind) - disciplinado humorous (himoros) - divertido sympathetic (simpazric) - comprensivo

Personality (negative) - Personalidad (negativo)

dishonest (disnest) - deshonesto pessimistic (pesimstic) - pesimista miserly (miserli) - avaro coward (kuard) - cobarde selfish (slfish) - egosta impatient (impishent) - impaciente lazy (lissi) - haragn greedy (gridi) - codicioso resentful (risntful) - resentido envious (nvios) - envidioso jealous (dchlos) - celoso possesive (possiv) - posesivo conceited (constid) - engredo arrogant (rrogant) - arrogante fussy (fssi) - quisquilloso gullible (glibl) - ingenuo

stubborn (stborn) - terco careless (krles) negligente

Appearance: beautiful, ugly, clean, dirty, ...

Feelings (positive) : amused, satisfied, happy, ... Feelings (negative) : bored, afraid, angry, ...

Appearance - Apariencia
beautiful (biriful) - lindo ugly (gli) - feo clean (klin) - limpio dirty (drti) - sucio full (ful) - lleno

empty (mpti) - vaco

simple (smpl) - simple

complex (kmplex) - complejo difficult (dfikalt) - difcil easy (isi) - fcil) safe (sif) - seguro

dangerous (dindchers) peligroso strong (strong) - fuerte weak (wik) - dbil same (sim) - mismo

different (dferent) - diferente neat (nit) - limpio, ordenado messy (msi) - desordenado rich (rich) - rico poor (por) - pobre

Feelings & Moods (positive) - Sentimientos & Estados de nimo(positivo)

amused (amist) - divertido calm (km) - tranquilo cheerful (chirful) - alegre

confident (confident) - confiado eager (guer) - deseoso

content (kontnt) - contento, satisfecho satisfied (stisfid) - satisfecho ecstatic (eksttic) - eufrico

enthusiastic (enzusistic) - entusiasmado inspired (inspierd) - inspirado elated (ilitid) - regocijado

energetic (enerytic) - activo, dinmico pleased (plist) - encantado excited (eksitid) - excitado happy (hpi) - feliz

grateful (gritful) - agradecido thrilled (zrld) - emocionado

hopeful (hupful) - optimista The president was not satisfied with his ministers.

El presidente no estaba satisfecho con sus ministros.

Feelings & Moods (negative) - Sentimientos & Estados de nimo (negativo)

afraid (afrid) - con miedo angry (angry) - enfadado annoyed (anid) - disgustado bored (bord) - aburrido

ashamed (ashimd) - avegonzado confused (confist) - confundido depressed (diprst) - deprimido lonely (lunli) - solo y triste upset (apst) - molesto sad (sad) - triste tired (tierd) - cansado

disappointed (disapintid) - decepcionado distressed (distrst) - angustiado frightened (fritend) - asustado embarrased (embrrast) - avergonzado frustrated (frstritid) - frustrado worried (urrid) - preocupado

jealous (dchlos) - celoso, envidioso

Los estudiantes se sintieron muy frustrados porque no pudieron aprobar sus exmenes.

The students felt very frustrated because the could not pass their exams.