PERSONALITY.doc
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This document defines positive and negative adjectives and nouns related to personality traits. It provides Spanish and English definitions for adjectives like easy-going, self-confident, hard-working, and responsible as positive traits as well as lazy, moody, selfish, and dishonest as negative traits. In total it lists over 50 positive and negative words used to describe people.
PERSONALITY.doc
- 1. POSITIVE ADJECTIVES/ NOUNS DEFINITIONS Easy-going (se deja llevar, y no se enfada fácilmente) Person who is not easily upset or annoyed Self-confident (seguro, confía en sí mismo, toma buenas decisiones) Person who believes in their own success Open-minded (mente abierta) Person who accepts other ideas and opinions Hard-working (muy trabajador) Person who makes a lot of effort Strong-willet, determined (tenaz, decidido, resuelto) Person who is determined to do what the want Broad-minded (tolerante,liberal) Person who is a liberal and tolerant person Sociable, outgoing, extrovert (sociable, extrovertido) Enyoying spending time with other people Cautions (cauteloso, prudente) Being careful about what you say or do. Witty, ingenious (ingenioso) Person who is able to say or write clever, amusing things Responsible (responsable) Person who behaves properly and sensibly Presentable (buena presencia) Person who looks fairly tidy or attractive Respectable (respetado) Person who is approved of by society. Moraly correct Acceptable (es lo suficientemente bueno) Person who is good enough Dependable, reliable, a brick (de confianza, fiable) Person who you can trust or rely on Thoughtful (pensativo) Person who is thinking stable Person who is calm and reasonable Wise (sabio) Person who knows a lot of things Adventurous, daring (aventurero, osado) Person who likes willing to take risk Loyal, faithful (leal, fiel) Person who is staying or supporting a particular person Cheerful (alegre) Person who is fun Modest (modesto) Person who is humble Curious (curioso) Person who has a strong desire to know about something Creative (creativo) Imaginativo (imaginativo) Person who has the skill and ability to produce something new and exciting ideas Understanding, sympathetic (comprensivo) Person who understands your problems and gives you his support Organized (organizado, ordenado) Person who is able to plan his work, life...well and an efficient way Talkative (hablador) Person who talks a lot A gossip, garrulous, a windbag (cotilla, habla mucho sin decir nada interesante o importante) Person who talks a lot without saying any interesting or important Polite (educado) Person who has a good manners and respect for the feelings of others The salt ot the earth Good and available person The life and soul of the party Funny and amusing person
- 2. sensitive (sensible) person who is easily ofend or upset sensible (sensato) person who makes a good decisions assertive (asertivo) expressing his/her opinion with confidence optimistic (optimista) having a positive attitude to life NEGATIVE ADJECTIVES/NOUNS DEFINITIONS A fuddy-duddy (anticuado, obsoleto) a stick -in the-mud (que no le gusta cambiar) person who in the past or obsolet person who does not want to change. Inflexible a pain of the neck, annoying (que irrita, es insoportable) person who is annoying a troublemaker (problemático) person who gives problems a couch potato, a slob, a layabout, lazy, untidy (perezoso, gandúl, que no le gusta hacer nada) person who does not to much work. person who likes watching a lot TV on the sofa a golden boy (mimado) spoilt a busy-body, nosy(metementodo) a sponger (gorrón) a slave driver (negrero) a bimbo (bonita pero tonta) person who is sexy but stupid a jerk (imbécil) a moron (estúpido, idiota) pessimistic (pesimista) having a negative attitude to life vegetable (vida aburrida) person who has a boring life absent-minded, forgetful(despistado, olvidadizo) person who tends to forget things conceited (engreído, presumido) person who has too much pride in yourself and what you do impulsive, rash, reckless (impulsivo, precipitado, imprudente) doing something that may not be sensible without first thinking about possible results, done in this way impatiet (impaciente) person who does not wait for a long moody (con cambios de humor) person who has mood that change quickly and often sullen, bad-tempered ( mal pronto, mal temperamento) person who is bad-tempered and not speaking selfish (egoísta) caring only about himself rather than about other people obstinate,stubborn (terco, obtinado, de cabeza dura) determined not to change your opinion or attitude introvert, shy (introvertido, tímido) person who dislike staying with other people aggressive (agresivo) bossy (mandón) person who is always telling people what to do clumsy (torpe) people who moves or does things in an awkward way jealous (celoso)
- 3. mean, stingy, petty (tacaño, mezquino) person who doesn't like giving or sharing things and money dishonest (deshonesto) rude (grosero) person who has or shows a lack of respect for other people and their feelings liar (mentiroso, liante) irresponsible (irresponsable) proud (orgulloso) insensitive (insensible) arrogant (arrogante, presuntuoso) heavy (pesado, atascao) boring (aburrido, soso) cowardly (cobarde) boastful (fanfarrón) spiteful (malicioso, rencoroso, mala intención) restless (inquieto) cheeky (pícaro, atrevido) naive (ingenuo) vindictive (vengativo) a wet blanquet, spoilt sport(aguafiestas) person who is not enthusiastic and who stops other people how enyoying themselves unreliable (no fiable ni de confianza) ambitious (ambicioso) dominant (dominante)