Galician Adjectives
Learning the Galician Adjectives is very important because its structure is used in every day conversation. The more you practice the subject, the closer you get to mastering the Galician language. But first we need to know what the role of Adjectives is in the structure of the grammar in Galician.
Galician Adjectives are words that describe or modify another person or thing in the sentence.
Grammar Tips:
While in English an adjective doesn’t change
when the noun changes, in Galician an adjective should agree in gender and number with the noun. For
example:
a) Masculine to feminine example:
Este é o meu fillo pequeno (this is my little son)
becomes: Esta é a miña filla pequena (this is my little daughter)
As you can see from the example above, the
adjective comes after the noun and also takes the feminine
form.
b) Singular to plural example:
Este é o meu gato branco (this is my white
cat) becomes: Estas son os meus gatos brancos (these are my white cats).
As you can see from the example above, the
adjective comes after the noun and also takes the
plural form.
Here are some examples:
| English Adjectives | Galician Adjectives |
| adjectives | adxectivos |
| a green tree | unha árbore verde |
| a tall building | un edificio alto |
| a very old man | un home moi vello |
| the old red house | a vella casa vermella |
| a very nice friend | un amigo moi bo |
As you can see from the example above, the structure of the Adjectives in Galician has a logical pattern. Locate the Adjectives above and see how it works with the rest of the sentence in Galician.
List of Adjectives in Galician
Below is a list of the Adjectives, Colors, Shapes, Sizes in Galician placed in a table. Memorizing this table will help you add very useful and important words to your Galician vocabulary.
| English Adjectives | Galician Adjectives |
| colors | cores |
| black | negro |
| blue | azul |
| brown | castaño |
| gray | gris |
| green | verde |
| orange | laranxa |
| purple | morado |
| red | vermello |
| white | branco |
| yellow | amarelo |
| |
| sizes | tamaños |
| big | grande |
| deep | profundidade |
| long | longo |
| narrow | estreito |
| short | curto |
| small | pequeno |
| tall | alto |
| thick | groso |
| thin | fino |
| wide | ancho |
| |
| shapes | formas |
| circular | circular |
| straight | recto |
| square | cadrado |
| triangular | triangular |
| |
| tastes | gustos |
| bitter | amargo |
| fresh | fresco |
| salty | salgado |
| sour | acedo |
| spicy | picante |
| sweet | doce |
| |
| qualities | cualidades |
| bad | malo |
| clean | limpo |
| dark | escuro |
| difficult | difícil |
| dirty | suxo |
| dry | seco |
| easy | doado |
| empty | baleiro |
| expensive | caro |
| fast | rápido |
| foreign | estranxeiro |
| full | completo |
| good | bo |
| hard | duro |
| heavy | pesado |
| inexpensive | barato |
| light | alumeado |
| local | local |
| new | novo |
| noisy | ruidoso |
| old | vello |
| powerful | poderoso |
| quiet | acougado |
| correct | correcto |
| slow | lento |
| soft | brando |
| very | moi |
| weak | débil |
| wet | mollado |
| wrong | mal |
| young | novo |
| |
| quantities | cantidades |
| few | poucos |
| little | pouco |
| many | moitos |
| much | moito |
| part | parte |
| some | algúns |
| a few | algúns |
| whole | enteiro |
Adjectives, Colors, Shapes, Sizes have a very important role in Galician, therefore they need very special attention. Once you're done with Galician Adjectives, you might want to check the rest of our Galician lessons here: Learn Galician. Don't forget to bookmark this page.