Describing friends
We also look for different qualities in our friends, so here are some useful words to describe personality and character:
| alegre | happy |
| amable | kind/friendly |
| amistoso/a | friendly |
| animado/a | lively |
| cariñoso/a | affectionate |
| comprensivo/a | understanding |
| educado/a | polite |
| fuerte | strong |
| generoso/a | generous |
| gracioso/a | funny |
| hablador/a | talkative |
| honrado/a | honest |
| leal | loyal |
| valiente | brave |
| simpático/a | nice, kind |
| alegre |
| happy |
| amable |
| kind/friendly |
| amistoso/a |
| friendly |
| animado/a |
| lively |
| cariñoso/a |
| affectionate |
| comprensivo/a |
| understanding |
| educado/a |
| polite |
| fuerte |
| strong |
| generoso/a |
| generous |
| gracioso/a |
| funny |
| hablador/a |
| talkative |
| honrado/a |
| honest |
| leal |
| loyal |
| valiente |
| brave |
| simpático/a |
| nice, kind |
There are plenty of other words to describe friends and family, both positive and negative:
| antipático/a | unpleasant |
| atrevido/a | cheeky/daring |
| callado/a | quiet/reserved |
| celoso/a | jealous |
| egoísta | selfish |
| maleducado/a | rude |
| mimado/a | spoiled |
| perezoso/a | lazy |
| seguro/a de sí mismo/a | self-assured |
| serio/a | serious/responsible |
| tolerante | tolerant |
| travieso/a | naughty/mischievous |
| deportista | sporty |
| impaciente | impatient |
| vago/a | lazy |
| tímido/a | shy |
| con buen/mal sentido del humor | with a good/bad sense of humour |
| torpe | clumsy |
| trabajador/a | hard-working |
| triste | sad |
| tranquilo/a | quiet |
| tonto/a | silly |
| molesto/a | annoying |
| agresivo/a | aggressive |
| estricto/a | strict |
| antipático/a |
| unpleasant |
| atrevido/a |
| cheeky/daring |
| callado/a |
| quiet/reserved |
| celoso/a |
| jealous |
| egoísta |
| selfish |
| maleducado/a |
| rude |
| mimado/a |
| spoiled |
| perezoso/a |
| lazy |
| seguro/a de sí mismo/a |
| self-assured |
| serio/a |
| serious/responsible |
| tolerante |
| tolerant |
| travieso/a |
| naughty/mischievous |
| deportista |
| sporty |
| impaciente |
| impatient |
| vago/a |
| lazy |
| tímido/a |
| shy |
| con buen/mal sentido del humor |
| with a good/bad sense of humour |
| torpe |
| clumsy |
| trabajador/a |
| hard-working |
| triste |
| sad |
| tranquilo/a |
| quiet |
| tonto/a |
| silly |
| molesto/a |
| annoying |
| agresivo/a |
| aggressive |
| estricto/a |
| strict |
Adjectives in Spanish usually follow the patterns in this table to agree with the noun they are describing.
| Adjectives ending in: | masculine singular | feminine singular | masculine plural | feminine plural |
| o/a | amistoso | amistosa | amistosos | amistosas |
| e | fuerte | fuerte | fuertes | fuertes |
| or/ora | hablador | habladora | habladores | habladoras |
| a consonant | leal | leal | leales | leales |
| Adjectives ending in: | o/a |
|---|---|
| masculine singular | amistoso |
| feminine singular | amistosa |
| masculine plural | amistosos |
| feminine plural | amistosas |
| Adjectives ending in: | e |
|---|---|
| masculine singular | fuerte |
| feminine singular | fuerte |
| masculine plural | fuertes |
| feminine plural | fuertes |
| Adjectives ending in: | or/ora |
|---|---|
| masculine singular | hablador |
| feminine singular | habladora |
| masculine plural | habladores |
| feminine plural | habladoras |
| Adjectives ending in: | a consonant |
|---|---|
| masculine singular | leal |
| feminine singular | leal |
| masculine plural | leales |
| feminine plural | leales |
