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Comparatives and Superlatives

(Comparativos y Superlativos)

Comparatives and superlatives are used to make comparisons. They are a very important part of the grammar, and they are necessary when we want to express the equality or inequality of two or more nouns/pronouns or groups of nouns/pronouns. So this article is to explain how they are used in the Spanish language.

Comparatives[edit | edit source]

There are two kinds of comparatives.

Inequality comparatives[edit | edit source]

The structure for using inequality comparatives in Spanish is:

  • Más [adjective / noun / adverb] que... (more [...] than).
  • Menos [adjective / noun / adverb] que... (less [...] than).

Examples:

  • Armando es más fuerte que Pedro (Armando is stronger than Pedro).
  • Nosotros tenemos menos dinero que ellos (We have less money than them).

Equality comparatives[edit | edit source]

For the equality comparatives the structure is:

  • Tan [adjective / adverb] como... / Igual de [adjective / adverb] que... (as [...] as).

Examples:

  • México es tan hermoso como España (Mexico is as beautiful as Spain).
  • El libro es igual de bueno que la película (The book is as good as the film).

Superlatives[edit | edit source]

There are two kinds of superlatives:

Relative superlatives[edit | edit source]

The structure for this kind of superlative is:

  • [Article] [noun] más [adjective] de... (the most [...] of).
  • [Article] [noun] menos [adjective] de... (the least [...] of).

NOTES: Remember that the article will depend of the gender and the number of the noun / pronoun used. The noun is optional in this structure if the context allows us to infere it. The noun can be placed either before the particle más / menos or after the adjective.

Examples:

  • Gabriela es la (estudiante) más lista de su clase (Gabriela is the smartest (student) of her class).
  • Alejandro Magno es considerado uno de los más grandes (generales) de la historia (Alexander the Great is considered one of the greatest (generals) of history).

Absolute superlatives[edit | edit source]

Also known as the -ísimo adjectives.

  • [Adjective] + ísimo / ísima / ísimos / ísimas.

NOTE: The usage of ísimo / ísima / ísimos / ísimas will depend of the gender and number of the noun / pronoun.

Example:

  • Esta comida está buena (this food is good) >> Esta comida está buenísima (this food is so good).

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