{"id":4657,"date":"2012-04-11T06:00:21","date_gmt":"2012-04-11T10:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/?p=4657"},"modified":"2014-07-15T13:01:48","modified_gmt":"2014-07-15T17:01:48","slug":"the-superlative-in-spanish","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/the-superlative-in-spanish\/","title":{"rendered":"The Superlative in Spanish"},"content":{"rendered":"

There are two kinds of superlative in Spanish: relative and absolute. The relative superlative describes a noun within a context of a larger group. Some examples in English:<\/p>\n

Juan is the tallest kid in his classroom.<\/em>
\n Mar\u00eda is the smartest student in the whole school.<\/em>
\n This is the most beautiful woman I’ve ever seen.<\/em><\/p>\n

We form the relative superlative with the following model:<\/p>\n

Subject + verb + el\/la\/los\/las + m\u00e1s + adjective.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Here’s how the sentences above are in Spanish:<\/p>\n

Juan is the tallest<\/strong> kid in his classroom. = Juan es el<\/strong> ni\u00f1o m\u00e1s alto<\/strong> en su aula.<\/em>
\nMar\u00eda is the smartest<\/strong> student in the whole school. = Mar\u00eda es la<\/strong> alumna m\u00e1s inteligente<\/strong> en la escuela entera.<\/em>
\nThis is the most beautiful<\/strong> woman I’ve ever seen. = \u00c9sta es la<\/strong> mujer m\u00e1s bonita<\/strong> que ya he conocido.<\/em><\/p>\n

The absolute superlative does not show the noun within a context of a larger group. Rather, it emphasizes the quality of the noun. Some examples:<\/p>\n

She’s extremely talented.<\/em>
\n He’s a very smart boy.<\/em>
\n This good is unbelievably good!<\/em><\/p>\n

In English we form the absolute superlative with an intensifying adverb (extremely, very, awfully, unbelievably) + adjective. In Spanish we put the endings \u00edsimo(s)<\/em> and \u00edsima(s)<\/em>. In Spanish, prefer to use the \u00edsimo(s<\/em>) and \u00edsima(s)<\/em> endings rather than use intensifying adverbs.<\/p>\n

She’s extremely talented<\/strong>. = Ella es talentos\u00edsima<\/strong>.<\/em>
\nHe’s a very smart<\/strong> boy. = Es un ni\u00f1o list\u00edsimo<\/strong>.<\/em>
\nThis food is unbelievably good<\/strong>. = Esta comida es riqu\u00edsima<\/strong>.<\/em><\/p>\n

And this is not all! In informal Spanish we also have prefixes re-, -que, super-, archi-<\/strong>. Check out some examples:<\/p>\n

Mi amigo Juan Antonio es resimp\u00e1tico<\/strong>. = My friend Juan Antonio is extremely friendly. (We could also use retesimp\u00e1tico, requetesimp\u00e1tico, supersimp\u00e1tico<\/em>, etc.)
\nMi abuela era una mujer rebuena<\/strong>.<\/em> = My grandma was a very good woman.
\nLo hiciste requete mal<\/strong>. Tendr\u00e1s que hacerlo de nuevo.<\/em> = You did that very poorly. You’ll have to do it again.
\nNos trataron rebien<\/strong> cuando fuimos a visitarlos.<\/em> = They treated us extremely well when we went to visit them.<\/p>\n

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There are two kinds of superlative in Spanish: relative and absolute. The relative superlative describes a noun within a context of a larger group. Some examples in English: Juan is the tallest kid in his classroom. Mar\u00eda is the smartest student in the whole school. This is the most beautiful woman I’ve ever seen. We…<\/p>\n

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