“Adjectives”

“Adjectives”
Adjective order
Opinion
beautiful
Size
Age
Shape
big
old
round
small
old
squared
Colour Material
blue
cotton
Noun
bag
red
bag
black
jeans
EXAMPLE
Here you have some adjectives to describe clothes:
>I’m wearing a bautiful small old blue cotton blouse
>He is wearing a black Jacket.
PATTERNS
Dotted
Striped
Checked
Plaid
Printed
Solid
Flowered
Clothes and adjectives
English
Spanish
el cierre
unos dobladillos
las mangas
la parte de abajo
la parte de arriba
la parte de atrás
los puños
las suelas
los tacones
-
the zip(per)
(on trousers) hems, turn-ups
the sleeves
the bottom
the top
the back
the cuffs
the soles (of shoes)
the heels
- it looks...
se ve...
ajustado
amplio
apretado
- tight, tight-fitting
- loose-fitting
- tight
elegante
grueso
- smart
- thick
formal
- formal
informal
- casual
pesado
es/son...
- thick, heavy
- it's/they're...
- cotton
...de algodón
...de lana
- woollen
...de poliéster
- Polyester
- high-heeled
...de tacón alto
...de cuello de pico
- V-necked (Spain)
...de cuello en V
- V-necked (Latin America)
...de cuello redondo
- round-necked
...de caballero
...de mujer
men's, gentleman's
- women's, ladies'
(es) de manga larga
- (it is) long-sleeved
lleva (puesto) un traje
- he/she's wearing a suit
llevaba (puestos) zapatos formales
- he/she was wearing formal shoes
está vestido de (un) pantalón negro
está vestida de minifalda
- he's wearing black trousers
- she's wearing a miniskirt
anda de minifalda
- she goes around in a miniskirt
prefiero la ropa de algodón/lana
- I prefer cottons/woollens
el hombre del sombrero café
- the man in/wearing the brown hat
Colors
dark (dárk) - oscuro
dark green (dáark gríin) - verde oscuro
golden (góulden) – dorado
aquamarine (ákua-marín) - aguamarina
black (blák) - negro
blue (blúu) - azul
brown (bráun) – café
gray (gréi) - gris
green (gríin) - verde
light (láit) – claro
mauve (móuv) - lila
navy blue (néivi blúu) - azul marino
orange (órendch) – anaranjado
pale (péil) - pálido
peach (píich) - durazno
pink (pínk) - rosado
purple (péerpl) - morado
red (red) - rojo
shiny (sháini) - brillante
silver (sílver) - plata
sky blue (skái blúu) - celeste
transparent (transpérent) - transparente
turquoise (térkuois) - turquesa
violet (váiolet) – violeta
white (wáit) - blanco
yellow (iélou) - amarillo
Trying on Clothes
Dialogue
Assistant: Can I help you?
Lisa: Yes, how much is that skirt?
Assistant: It's $40.
Lisa: Can I try it on?
Assistant: Yes, what size are you?
Lisa: I don't know.
Assistant: Ok, try a size 10. The changing room is over there.
(Lisa puts on the skirt. It's too small)
Lisa: Do you have it in a bigger size?
Assistant: Yes, here you are.
Lisa: Thank you
(Lisa puts on the new skirt. It fits)
Assistant: How was it?
Lisa: I'll take it.