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Hoy vamos a practicar adjetivos de carácter negativos en español. Today we are going to practice negative Spanish character adjectives and related sentences.

Answers to all tasks involved in this lesson will be given at the end of the post and you can also follow a link with this post to watch the original theory video lesson on the same topic.

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Intermediate theory video lesson 35

1. Let´s see first if you understand the following Spanish character adjectives:

Tiquismiquis
Hortera
Repipi
Chulo
Pijo
Carca
Agarrado

2. Next, what are the following character adjectives in Spanish?

Innocent/Naive
Arrogant/Cocky
Annoying/A pain/A bore
Boring
Clown/Joker

3. Now, I will say a few sentences in Spanish and I would like you to reply with an expression describing the person I am speaking about negatively. For example, if I say “Antonio siempre se mira al espejo y dice que es muy guapo” You could say “¡Será creído!”:

Lola nunca quiere hacer nada.
A Miguel no le gusta ir de copas, prefiere quedarse en casa leyendo un libro.
Jorge nunca invita a sus amigos.
Ana no para de hablar de su vida.

4. Next, can you understand the following sentences?

María no es muy divertida que digamos.
Alicia va de supermodelo.
Mi padre se hace el sordo cuando le pido dinero.
Marcos se hace el tonto cuando no quiere hablar conmigo.
Cristina es un poco tontilla.

5. Finally, please translate the following sentences from English to Spanish:

She is really silly!
What a boring man!
She really is a clown!
He is so arrogant!
She is a huge bore!

Esto es todo por la clase práctica de hoy.

I hope you have found this practice lesson interesting and useful. This is the kind of Spanish you might not find in text books will almost certainly encounter a lot in when speaking with and listening to native speakers. Slang and popular expressions are also an important thing to learn if you want to be fully confident in conversation.

Que tengais una muy buena semana y hasta la próxima clase.

¡Adiós!

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Answers:

1.
Fussy
Tacky/Kitsch
Precocious
Arrogant/Cocky
Posh
Old fashioned/Fuddy duddy
Tight/Mean/Miserly

2.
Pardillo
Creído
Plasta
Muermo
Payaso

3. Possible answers
¡Qué muermo!
¡Será carca!
¡Mira que es agarrado!
¡Será plasta!

4.
María is not the most fun to be with.
Alicia thinks she is a supermodel.
My father turns a deaf ear when I ask him for money.
Marcos plays dumb when he doesn´t want to talk to me.
Cristina is a bit silly.

5. Possible answers
¡Es un pedazo de tonto!
¡Qué muermo!
¡Mira que es payasa!
¡Será chulo!
¡Es una plasta monumental!