Spanish: Describing People Vocabulary Exercise 2

A second exercise on describing people in Spanish. Covers a wider range of physical and personality adjectives. Elementary–intermediate level.

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Character and demeanour — amable (kind), honesto (honest), sensible (sensitive — NOT 'sensible'!), trabajador (hardworking), orgulloso (proud), tranquilo (calm), ruidoso (noisy), fuerte (strong), viejo (old), joven (young). These adjectives come up constantly in personal descriptions.

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False friend: sensible — Sensible in Spanish means emotionally sensitive, not practically reasonable. The Spanish for 'sensible' (reasonable) is sensato/a. Trabajador adds -a for feminine: Es muy trabajadora (She's very hardworking). Orgulloso with estar: Estoy orgulloso de ti (I'm proud of you) — a feeling, not a fixed trait.

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Describing real people — Mi abuelo es viejo pero muy fuerte (My grandfather is old but very strong). Es una persona amable y honesta (She's a kind and honest person). El niño es muy ruidoso (The child is very noisy). Es joven pero muy madura (She's young but very mature). Sé tranquilo/a (Stay calm).

✨ Ready to practice? ¡Vamos!

Complete the following sentences using the following adjectives: ruidoso, viejo, amable, tranquilo, honesto, sensible, orgulloso, joven, fuerte, trabajador. In your answers, make sure that the ADJECTIVE agrees with its corresponding NOUN. (eg. Las chicas son guapas.)

1. John es muy . (kind)✓

2. Pedro es muy . (hard-working)✓

3. Su hermana es muy . (loud/noisy)✓

4. Su vecino es bastante . (calm/quiet)✓

5. Mi hermano es muy . (strong)✓

6. Mis abuelos son . (old)✓

7. Nuestra hermana es . (young)✓

8. Mis papás son . (honest)✓

9. Gina es muy . (proud)✓

10. Mi hermano y yo no somos muy . (sensitive)✓