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.

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)