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Spanish (Spain)

### Absolute superlatives with -ísimo

When a simple *muy* (very) isn't enough to express your strong opinions or dramatic reviews, Spanish uses the absolute superlative suffix **-ísimo**. It translates to "extremely" or "very, very".

To add this suffix to an adjective, drop the final vowel (like **-o** or **-a**) and add **-ísimo**. The new ending must still match the gender and number of the noun it describes, giving you **-ísimo**, **-ísima**, **-ísimos**, or **-ísimas**.

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Adjectives that end in the vowel **-e** also drop the final letter before adding the suffix. For example, **grande** becomes **grandísimo**, and **interesante** becomes **interesantísimo**.

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### Spelling changes

Sometimes, adding **-ísimo** requires a small spelling change to maintain the original pronunciation of the adjective. For example, adjectives ending in **-go**, like **largo** (long), change the **g** to **gu** before the suffix to keep the hard "g" sound.

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### Adverbs too

**-ísimo** also works on some adverbs: **lejos** → **lejísimos**, **tarde** → **tardísimo**, **pronto** → **prontísimo**. And adverbs compare like adjectives: *Mi casa está **más lejos que** la tuya*, *Hoy he llegado **más tarde que** ayer*.

Absolute superlatives (-ísimo)

adjective

adverb

conjunction

contraction

determiner

interjection

noun

numeral

preposition

pronoun

sentence

verb

Singular subjects and 'ser' (yo soy, esto es)

Plural nouns and definite articles (los, las)

Plural pronouns and 'ser' (somos, sois, son)

Adjective agreement (-o, -a, -os, -as)

Indefinite articles (un, una, unos, unas)

Simple negation (no)

Yes/no questions

Regular '-ar' verbs (-o, -as, -a...)

Regular '-er' verbs (-o, -es, -e...)

Regular '-ir' verbs (-o, -es, -e...)

Locative adverbs (aquí, allí)

Question words (quién, cómo)

The verb estar (estoy, estás)

The preposition en (en)

Ser vs. estar

The verb tener (tengo, tienes)

Possessive determiners (mi, tu, su)

Origin and possession (de, del)

The verb ir (voy, vas)

Destination (a, al)

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Stem-changing verbs: e to ie

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Irregular first-person verbs

Reflexive verbs (me, te, se)

Numbers 1 to 10 (uno, dos, tres)

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Counting by tens to 100 (treinta, cuarenta, cien)

Compound numbers up to 99 (veintiuno, treinta y uno)

Days of the week (el lunes, el martes)

The family and the personal 'a' (a mi tío, a mi prima)

Months of the year

Telling time (es la, son las)

Verbs of liking (me gusta)

Plural agreement with verbs of liking (gustan)

Degree modifiers (muy, mucho)

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Direct object pronouns (lo, la, los, las)

The near future (ir a)

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Present continuous (-ando, -iendo)

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Basic Food and Drink

The Human Body: Head and Arms

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Hello and goodbye (hola, ¿qué tal?)

Thank you, sorry, OK (gracias, vale)

There is, there are (hay)

My building (la escalera, el ascensor)

Describing people (moreno, rubio, tímido)

Land and sea (el mar, el río, el norte)

Sightseeing (la plaza, la catedral)

Asking the way (cerca, a la derecha, todo recto)

In class (¿puedes repetir?)

Verb + infinitive (quiero comer, sé leer)

What's your name? (me llamo, encantado)

Phone, computer and email

Hundreds and thousands (doscientos, mil)

What do you do? (¿a qué te dedicas?)

Personal details (la edad, la fecha de nacimiento)

Me neither (también, tampoco, ni)

How much is it? (el precio, la vuelta)

What's the weather like? (hace sol, nieva)

Free time (el concierto, el tenis)

At the bar (¿qué vas a tomar?)

The Natural World

Demonstratives (este, ese, aquel)

Prepositions of place (encima de, debajo de)

Prepositional pronouns (para mí, contigo)

Ordinal numbers 1st to 10th (primero to décimo)

Adverbs of frequency (a veces, nunca)

Exclamations (¡qué...!)

Indefinite pronouns (algo, alguien)

Indefinite determiners (algún, ningún)

Indirect object pronouns (le, les)

Double object pronouns (me lo, te la)

Double object pronouns (se lo, se la)

Verbs of preference (encantar, interesar)

Impersonal obligation (hay que)

Starting and finishing actions (empezar a, terminar de)

Adjective comparatives (más que, menos que)

Comparatives of equality (tan como)

Noun comparatives (tanto como)

Question	Answer
the review	la crítica
the service	el servicio
I have already read the review; the service is very bad.	Ya he leído la crítica; el servicio es malísimo.
the atmosphere	el ambiente
What a good review! The atmosphere of the restaurant is very quiet.	¡Qué buena crítica! El ambiente del restaurante es tranquilísimo.
beautiful	bello
The service is very slow, but the atmosphere is very beautiful.	El servicio es lentísimo, pero el ambiente es bellísimo.
the scene	la escena
Yesterday we saw a very beautiful scene in the film.	Ayer vimos una escena bellísima en la película.
the plot	el argumento
The plot is very boring, but the last scene is very good.	El argumento es aburridísimo, pero la última escena es buenísima.
the script	el guion
the disappointment	la decepción
The script is very long and the plot is a disappointment.	El guion es larguísimo y el argumento es una decepción.
the acting / the performance	la actuación
awful (colloquial)	fatal
The acting is very bad because the script is terrible.	La actuación es malísima porque el guion es fatal.
What a disappointment! The actresses are very bad.	¡Qué decepción! Las actrices son malísimas.
Last night the concert was terrible; it was a very big disappointment.	Anoche el concierto fue fatal; fue una decepción grandísima.
On Saturday the party was a disappointment, but the music was very beautiful.	El sábado la fiesta fue una decepción, pero la música fue bellísima.
Are the actors very famous? The play is very expensive.	¿Son famosísimos los actores? La obra es carísima.
I have not finished the book yet; it is very tedious but very interesting.	Todavía no he terminado el libro; es pesadísimo pero interesantísimo.
The scene is extremely boring, but the actress's performance is extremely good.	La escena es aburridísima, pero la actuación de la actriz es buenísima.
My office is really far away.	Mi oficina está lejísimos.
Last night I got home really late.	Anoche llegué a casa tardísimo.
Your brother drives really fast.	Tu hermano conduce rapidísimo.
The school is farther away than the park.	El colegio está más lejos que el parque.
Today I arrived later than the boss.	Hoy he llegado más tarde que el jefe.

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