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<div class="pg_page_title"> <span style="color:#0000cc;">Comparatives and Superlatives</span> </div>

<pre style="color:#9999ff">(Comparativos y Superlativos)</pre>

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==
There are two kinds of comparatives.

===Inequality comparatives===
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===
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==
There are two kinds of superlatives:

===Relative superlatives===
The structure for this kind of superlative is:
* [Article] [noun] ''más'' [adjective] ''de...'' (the most [...] of).
* [Article] [noun] ''menos'' [adjective] ''de...'' (the least [...] of).
<blockquote> <span style="color:#9999ff;">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.</span></blockquote>

Examples:
* ''Gabriela es '''la''' (estudiante) '''más lista''' de su clase'' (Gabriela is '''the smartest''' (student) '''of''' her class).
* ''Alejandro Magno es considerado uno de '''l'''''<nowiki/>'''os más''' '''''grandes''' (generales) '''de''' la historia'' (Alexander the Great is considered one of '''the greatest''' (generals) '''of''' history).

===Absolute superlatives===
Also known as the ''-ísimo'' adjectives.
* [Adjective] + ''ísimo'' / ''ísima'' / ''ísimos'' / ''ísimas.''
<blockquote> <span style="color:#9999ff;">NOTE: The usage of ''ísimo'' / ''ísima'' / ''ísimos'' / ''ísimas'' will depend of the gender and number of the noun / pronoun.</span></blockquote>

Example:
* ''Esta comida está buena'' (this food is good) ''>> Esta comida está buen'''ísima''''' (this food is so good).

==Other Lessons==
* [[Language/Spanish/Grammar/Los-pronombres-personales|Los pronombres personales]]
* [[Language/Spanish/Grammar/Questions|Questions]]
* [[Language/Spanish/Grammar/¿Pluscuamperfecto?|¿Pluscuamperfecto?]]
* [[Language/Spanish/Grammar/Simple-Future-Tense|Simple Future Tense]]
* [[Language/Spanish/Grammar/Possessive-Pronouns|Possessive Pronouns]]
* [[Language/Spanish/Grammar/Adjectives|Adjectives]]
* [[Language/Spanish/Grammar/Present-Progressive|Present Progressive]]
* [[Language/Spanish/Grammar/Conditional-Mood|Conditional Mood]]
* [[Language/Spanish/Grammar/El-Verboide|El Verboide]]
* [[Language/Spanish/Grammar/Negation|Negation]]
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