Spanish: Describing People Vocabulary Exercise 3

The third exercise in the describing people series. Includes more nuanced vocabulary for physical features and character traits. Intermediate level.

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Personality depth — generoso (generous), animado (lively/animated), amigable (friendly), culto (educated/cultured), gruñón (grumpy — gruñona for feminine), valiente (brave), perezoso (lazy), positivo (positive), afortunado (lucky), solo/a (alone/lonely).

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Solo — adjective vs. adverb — Solo/a as an adjective means 'alone' or 'lonely': Está solo (He's alone). But solo as an adverb means 'only': Solo quiero agua (I only want water). In modern Spanish the adverb accent (sólo) is often dropped, making context essential. Amigable and valiente are invariable by gender.

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Personality in conversation — Es muy animada en las fiestas (She's very lively at parties). Mi vecino es bastante gruñón (My neighbour is quite grumpy). ¡Qué afortunado eres! (How lucky you are!). Es culto pero muy perezoso (He's cultured but very lazy). Es valiente y positiva (She's brave and positive).

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Complete the following sentences using the following adjectives: generoso, animado, amigable, perezoso, positivo, afortunado, solo, culto, gruñón, valiente. In your answers, make sure that the ADJECTIVE agrees with its corresponding NOUN. (eg. Las chicas son guapas.)

1. Eres muy . (brave)✓

2. Roberta es . (lazy)✓

3. Karla es bastante . (upbeat)✓

4. Mi tío es muy . (lucky)✓

5. Las chicas son . (friendly)✓

6. Mis abuelos son . (generous)✓

7. Mis tías son todas muy . (lively)✓

8. Edgar es muy . (shy)✓

9. Victoria es la persona más que conozco. (educated/cultured)✓

10. Alvaro es . (grumpy)✓