DESCRIBING PEOPLE: Personality

Describing People and Personal Qualities 

WHAT ARE PEOPLE LIKE?

What is she/he like?
(¿Cómo es ella/él?)

Use verb to BE to describe personality of people: 

  Question:                                        Answer:

What is lisa like? -->      She is intelligent and loyal.   

                                            She is intelligent but talkative.

                                            Lisa is very intelligent but quite talkative.

POSITIVE ASPECT		NEGATIVE ASPECT
charming	encantador	ambitious	ambicioso
cheerful=amusing, funny	divertido, gracioso	absent-minded	distraído, despistado
considerate	considerado	aggressive	agresivo
courageous = brave	valiente	annoying	molesto
creative	creativo	bad-tempered	malhumorado
curious	curioso	bossy	mandón
determined	decidido	cheeky	atrevido
extroverted	extrovertido	clumsy	torpe
frank	franco	two-faced = hypocritical	falso, hipócrita
friendly	amigable	dishonest	deshonesto
generous	generoso	disrespectful	irrespetuoso
gentle=kind, polite, attentive	Gentil, amable, cortés, atento	dominant	dominante
honest = truthful	honesto	boring = dull	aburrido
humble	humilde	envious	envidioso
Ingenious=clever	Ingenioso, listo, astuto	forgetful	olvidadizo
likable / likeable	agradable, simpático	frivolous	frívolo
loyal = faithful	leal	fussy	quisquilloso
modest	modesto	impatient	impaciente
obedient	obediente	impulsive	impulsivo
optimistic	optimista	indifferent	indiferente
organized	organizado	insecure	inseguro
passionate	apasionado	insensitive	insensible
patient	paciente	insolent	insolente
realistic	realista	irascible	irascible
reliable = trustworthy	confiable	irresponsible	irresponsable
respectful	respetuoso	jealous	celoso
responsible	responsable	lazy	perezoso
self-confident	seguro	mean = stingy	mezquino
sensible	sensato	modest	modesto
sensitive	sensible	moody	malhumorado
sincere	sincero	nosey	metido
sociable = outgoing	sociable	pessimistic	pesimista
thankful = grateful	agradecido	proud = arrogant	orgulloso
tolerant = patient	paciente	resentful	rencoroso
understanding	comprensivo	rude = impolite	descortés
hard-working	trabajador	jealous	celoso
romantic	romántico	cruel	cruel
Intelligent	inteligente	shy = introverted	tímido, introvertido
punctual	puntual	strict	estricto, severo
studious	estudioso	stubborn	terco, testarudo
naive	ingenuo, inocentón	understanding	comprensivo
well-educated	bien educado	talkative	hablador
well-behaved (children)	de buen comportamiento	naughty (children)	travieso (niños)
nice	bueno, agradable, lindo	weird	raro