Adjectives to describe a person in English

Personal adjectives in English are those that identify someone's personality. With this type of adjective you can answer the questions related to how are you? or we can explain to another person how someone in particular is and behaves.

adjectives to describe a person in English

But you have to be careful, because in English we can find a variety of adjectives that have double meaning, for example, the word mean can mean that someone is stingy or bad person.

Adjective list

Below we have prepared a great list that you can save on your phone to consult when necessary. On the left are the adjectives to describe a person in English and on the right in Spanish.

Adjective in English Adjective in Spanish
talkative talkative or talkative
trustworthy trustworthy
two-faced false
weird weird strange
sensitive sensitive person
shy - introverted introverted, shy, embarrassed
strict severe, rigorous, strict,
stubbornness stubborn stubborn, stubborn
sympathetic comprehensive
ambitious someone ambitious
annoying heavy
argumentative argumentative
Mal humor moody
open-minded person without prejudice, shows open attitude
narrow-minded closed minded, who is not tolerant
polite polite, courteous
proud proud
reliable trustworthy, trustworthy, trustworthy
self confident self-confident person
selfish selfish
sensitive prudent, showing good sense
sensitive sensitive
big headed conceited, conceited
bitchy poisonous, with bad milk
Brave brave
cantankerous curmudgeon
careless very careless, that is little careful
Carefree carefree
laid back relaxed, calm
lazy lazy, lazy
loyal faithful
modest modest
mean stingy
moody with a moody mood
naive naive, naive
naughty (kids) bad or naughty kids
full of oneself very conceited
Conservative conservative
conventional conventional
crazy wacky, crazy
cowardly Coward
cruel cruel
charming encantador
cheerful jovial, cheerful
dull boring boring or bland
flirtatious coquette
child friendly
friendly friendly very nice and friendly
generous generous
hard working employee
honest honest

We hope this list is useful for your dissertations. Here is an image with more adjectives to describe a person that you can download and print or carry on your mobile phone.

adjectives to describe a person in English

Examples of sentences

In this section we will see how to use adjectives in a sentence in English.

in Spanish in English
He is very talkative he likes to talk to all people He is very talkative and likes to talk to all people.
He is a trustworthy person He is a trustworthy person
He is very fake he has double face He is very false he has double face
Strange that person looks Strange that person looks
I consider myself an introverted person I consider myself an introverted person
My teacher is quite strict My teacher is quite strict
My mother is very sensitive, she likes to help others My mother is very sensitive she likes to help others
You are very stubborn, I told you not to go to that place You are very stubborn I told you not to go to that site
Someone ambitious does not achieve his goals because of ambition Someone ambitious does not achieve his goals because of ambition
You're always in a bad mood You always have a bad temperature
My neighbor is an open-minded person, he has no prejudice. My neighbor is an open-minded person has no prejudice
She is very sure of herself She is very sure of herself
Do not be selfish share what you have Don't be selfish, share what you have
The prudent achieves all your goals The prudent achieves all your goals
You have to be sensitive to understand others You have to be sensitive to Understand others
You are very believed accept what you have and you will be happy You are big-headed accept what you have and you will be happy
I consider myself a brave and confident person I consider myself a brave and confident person
You are very careless You are very careless
Don't be carefree because graduating is ideal for success Do not be careless because graduating is ideal to succeed
I look at you very relaxed I look at you very relaxed
Don't be lazy wake up early Don't be lazy wake up early
He is a faithful husband He is a faithful husband
Do not be stingy Don't be stingy
That boy is very conceited that's how others consider him That guy is very presumptuous, so others consider him
You are very conservative You are very conservative
Don't be so conventional, update yourself and use the best technology Do not be so conventional update yourself and use the best technology
He is crazy he is crazy
Don't be cruel to your family Don't be cruel to your family
That boy is very charming That boy is very charming
Don't be so boring rejoice and smile at life Don't be so boring Rejoice and smile to life
You have to be generous to receive a blessing You have to be generous to receive blessings

And this has been it, we hope you liked this tutorial on various adjectives to describe a person in English and thus improve your conversations and make them more fluid. If you want something more specific, you can leave us a comment below.

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