How it works
On this Spanish opposites worksheet twelve words stand down the left and their opposites, also in Spanish, in another order down the right: grande and pequeño, alto and bajo. The English is in the list under the tool.
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Opposites in Spanish worksheet, three sets
Set opens on Big and small: grande, alto, largo, caliente, rápido, fuerte, lleno, limpio, nuevo, pesado, duro and abierto, each to be matched to its opposite. Where, when and how much pairs arriba with abajo, cerca with lejos and siempre with nunca. More describing words pairs fácil with difícil, caro with barato and feliz with triste.
- Largo means long, not large. Large is grande.
Questions and answers
How do you say opposites in Spanish?
Los opuestos. Opuesto means opposite, and the grammar word for a word of opposite meaning is antónimo, antonym. Its own opposite is sinónimo, synonym.
What is the opposite of grande in Spanish?
Pequeño, which means small. Grande means big or large. The Spanish academy's dictionary and Wiktionary both list pequeño as an antonym of grande.
How do you say short in Spanish?
It depends on what is short. Bajo is short in height, the opposite of alto, tall. Corto is short in length or in time, the opposite of largo, long.
Do Spanish describing words change for masculine and feminine?
Those that end in o do: alto becomes alta and frío becomes fría with a feminine noun. Most others, such as grande, fuerte, fácil and feliz, stay the same. The sheet prints the masculine form.