There are two main groups of superlatives in Spanish<\/b>, the relative superlative and the absolute superlative.<\/p>\n The English forms the most<\/b> and the least<\/b> are usually called the relative superlative because the information they refer to is amongst an specific group. For Instance in Spanish we can say:<\/p>\n El ni\u00f1o m\u00e1s alto de la clase (The tallest boy in class)<\/p>\n El coche m\u00e1s r\u00e1pido del mundo (The fastest car in the world)<\/p>\n El peor estudiante de la clase (the worst student of the class)<\/p>\n La casa menos ordenada que he visto (the house less tided up I’ve ever seen)<\/p>\n It is formed by muy<\/strong>\u009d (very) + adjective or by adding -\u00adsimo, -\u00adsima, -\u00adsimos, or -\u00adsimas to the adjective or adverb. If the adjective ends in a vowel, you have to remove the vowel before attaching the endings.<\/p>\n The absolute superlative does not strictly compare one thing to another, but states “a greater amount of”. This can be translated into English by placing “very” before the adjective or adverb.<\/p>\n Es una persona muy simp\u00e1tica (He\/She is a very nice person)<\/p>\n Es una persona simpatiqu\u00ed\u00adsima (He\/She is a very nice person)<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Julia es una chica muy guapa (Julia is a very pretty girl)<\/p>\n Julia es una chica guap\u00edsima (Julia is a very pretty girl)<\/p>\n The irregular absolute superlatives in Spanish Bueno-Mejor-\u00f3ptimo (El resultado es \u00f3ptimo \/ The result is optimal)<\/p>\n Malo-Peor-P\u00e9simo (El hizo un examen p\u00e9simo \/ He did a dreadful exam)<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Alto-Superior-Supremo (Patatas de calidad suprema \/ Supreme quality potates)<\/p>\n Bajo-Inferior-m\u00ednimo (La diferencia es m\u00ednima \/ The difference is very tiny)<\/p>\n Peque\u00f1o-Menor-M\u00ed\u00adnimo (No tiene un m\u00ednimo respeto \/ He does not have a minimum respect)<\/p>\n Grande-Mayor-M\u00e1ximo (Es el m\u00e1ximo goleador \/ He is the best scorer)<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Informal absolute superlatives in Spanish <\/p>\n There are some prefixes that are used in colloquial language to express the absolute superlative.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Super: Mar\u00ed\u00ada es una chica supersincera (Mar\u00eda is a really sincere girl)<\/p>\n Extra: Una pizza extragrande (An extra sized pizza)<\/p>\n Archi: Ricardo es mi archienemigo (Ricardo is my archenemy)<\/p>\n Requete: El helado est\u00e1\u00a1 requetebueno (The ice cream is really tasty)<\/p>\n <\/p>\n How to say more<\/strong> and more<\/strong> and less<\/em> and less<\/em> in Spanish <\/p>\n Cada vez m\u00e1s (more and more):<\/p>\n Hace cada vez m\u00e1s fr\u00ed\u00ado (It is more and more cold)<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Cada vez menos (every time less and less):<\/p>\n Es cada vez menos interesante (It is less and less interesting)<\/p>\n We hope we helped with the Spanish adjectives. (Spanish info)<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" In Spanish we use the superlative adjective form when comparing three or more objects, persons, or ideas. There are two main groups of superlatives in Spanish, the relative superlative and the absolute superlative. The relative superlative in Spanish: The English forms the most and the least are usually called the relative superlative because the information …<\/p>\nThe relative superlative in Spanish:<\/em><\/h2>\n
On the other hand the absolute superlative in Spanish\u00a0 <\/em>is used to intensify the quality of the adjective.<\/h3>\n
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