Learn Spanish (Latin America): El modelo viejo tiene una pantalla peor.

El modelo viejo tiene una pantalla peor.

The old model has a worse screen.

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Questions & Answers about El modelo viejo tiene una pantalla peor.

Why do we use peor instead of más mala?

Just like English uses "worse" instead of "more bad," Spanish has irregular comparatives. Peor simply means "worse," so you don't need to use más.

Since una pantalla is feminine, why doesn't peor end in "-a"?

The irregular comparatives mejor (better) and peor (worse) don't change for gender! They stay exactly the same whether they describe masculine or feminine nouns. They only change when the noun is plural (by adding -es, making it peores).

Could we put peor before pantalla?

Yes! While most descriptive adjectives usually go after the noun, mejor and peor are special and can go either before or after. Both una peor pantalla and una pantalla peor are perfectly correct.

Is modelo always a masculine word?

When referring to a product version (like an older phone, computer, or car), el modelo is always masculine. If you are talking about a person who is a fashion model, it changes based on the person (el modelo or la modelo). Here it's a device, so it takes el and the masculine adjective viejo.