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Adjectives

Agreement and placement

Adjectives agree in gender & number

-o/-a, plural + s.

📊 Agreement of rojo (red)
Number Masculine Feminine
singular rojo roja
plural rojos rojas
💬 Examples
un coche rojo
a red car
📝 Masculine -o
una casa roja
a red house
📝 Feminine -a
Most adjectives follow the noun

Unlike English.

💬 Examples
un coche rápido
a fast car
📝 Adjective after the noun
una idea interesante
an interesting idea
📝 -e adjectives: one singular form
Some adjectives precede (and may shorten)

bueno → buen, grande → gran.

💬 Examples
un buen amigo
a good friend
📝 bueno → buen before a masculine noun
una gran mujer
a great woman
📝 grande → gran before = 'great'