adjective

UK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈædʒɪktɪv/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/ˈædʒɪktɪv/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(aj′ik tiv)

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WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2025:

Principal Translations
InglésEspañol
adjective n (grammar: descriptive word)adjetivo nm
 In English, you normally put adjectives before a noun.
 En inglés generalmente los adjetivos van antes de los sustantivos.
adjective n as adj (grammar: adjectival)adjetivo/a adj
  adjetival adj
 An adjective phrase can often follow the noun it modifies.
 Una frase adjetiva puede ir detrás del sustantivo al que modifica.
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WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2025:

Compound Forms:
InglésEspañol
compound adjective n (more than one word)adjetivo compuesto loc nom m
 An example of a compound adjective is "part-time."
less + [adjective] than adv (not as ... as)menos [adjetivo] que loc adj
 I find representational art less interesting than abstract art.
 El arte representativo me parece menos interesante que el arte abstracto.
predicate adjective n (adjective that follows a verb)predicativo nm
put on a [adjective] front v expr (pretend to be)pretender⇒ vtr
 Paul tried to put on a brave front when he lost his job, but he must have been very anxious.
wax + [adjective] vi + adj (grow, become) (positivo)emocionarse⇒, entusiasmarse⇒ v prnl
  (negativo)enfurecerse⇒ v prnl
 Raphaël waxed ecstatic about the fine wines he had drunk the night before.
 When the author described the colourful market scene, she began to wax lyrical.
 When the man saw the damage to his car, he waxed angry.
 Rafael se entusiasmaba hablando de los vinos que había bebido la noche anterior. // Cuando la autora describió la escena de los mercados coloridos, se entusiasmó.
 Cuando el hombre vio los daños causados a su auto, se enfureció.
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'adjective' aparece también en las siguientes entradas:
In the English description:
a - aceous - acious - adjectival - all but - all the more - attribute - because - consider - epithet - even more - ful - gerundive - go - ish - made - make it - micro - ness - no matter how - nothing short of - of - oid - pleasingly - predeterminer - predicate adjective - think - tious - y
Spanish:
adjetivo - a cuál más - a la manera - a tal grado - adjetiva especificativa - adjetiva explicativa - adjetivación - adjetivar - al modo - así - con cara de - dar - demasiado - en cuestiones - en el ambiente - en el ámbito - en el contexto - en el sentido - en materia - estar bien de - hacer - hay que ser - lo - mientras más - por muy que - prototipo de - quedar - superar - volver

Collocations: a [gradable, demonstrative, compound, predicate] adjective, [a common, an uncommon] adjective, need an adjective to describe..., more...

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