Comparatives & Superlatives

📌 Nota gramatical

To compare two things where one possesses more of a quality than the other, use 'más' followed by the adjective, and 'que' for 'than'.

📌 Nota gramatical

To express that something has less of a quality than another, use 'menos' + adjective + 'que'.

📌 Nota gramatical

To show that two things share a quality equally, use 'tan' + adjective + 'como'.

📌 Nota gramatical

When comparing quantities of nouns, use 'más' + noun + 'que'. Note that 'más' precedes the noun.

📌 Nota gramatical

Unlike 'tan', 'tanto' agrees in gender and number with the noun it modifies: tanto, tanta, tantos, tantas + noun + como.

📌 Nota gramatical

When comparing actions, place 'más que', 'menos que', or 'tanto como' directly after the verb. Note that 'tanto' does not change when comparing verbs.

📌 Nota gramatical

To express the extreme limit of a quality, use the definite article (el, la, los, las) + más/menos + adjective + 'de' (in/of).

📌 Nota gramatical

The adjectives 'bueno' (good) and 'malo' (bad) have irregular comparative forms: 'mejor' (better) and 'peor' (worse). Never say 'más bueno'.

📌 Nota gramatical

For age, 'grande' (old) becomes 'mayor' (older) and 'pequeño' (young) becomes 'menor' (younger). For physical size, regular forms (más grande, más pequeño) are used.

📌 Nota gramatical

To form the superlative of 'bueno' and 'malo', combine the definite article with 'mejor' or 'peor'.

📌 Nota gramatical

Before numbers, 'than' is translated as 'de' instead of 'que'. When comparing with a full clause, use 'más de lo que'.

📌 Nota gramatical

To express an extreme quality without comparing it to others, drop the final vowel of the adjective and add '-ísimo/a/os/as'.