This document provides information on adjectives in Portuguese, including: - Adjectives do not have gender or number. They always precede the nouns they qualify. - Comparatives of inferiority use "less" or "as...as". Comparatives of superiority use "more". - Superlatives of inferiority use "least". Superlatives of superiority use "most". - Some adjectives have irregular forms in their comparative and superlative degrees, such as good, bad, little, much, many, and far.

1. ADJECTIVE
Ícaro Bispo
Teacher in
Educational Space to
Think and Act

2. AADDJJEECCTTIIVVEE
 GENERAL CONSIDERATIONSGENERAL CONSIDERATIONS
 POSITIONPOSITION
 COMPARATIVECOMPARATIVE
 SUPERLATIVESUPERLATIVE
 IRREGULARIRREGULAR

3. Adjetivo não tem gênero.
- Rhian is a good boy.
- Helen is a good girl.
Adjetivo não tem número.
- I bought a new computer.
- They sold four new cellphones.

4. O adjetivo sempre precedo o substantivo
que ele qualifica.
-I know some corrupt politicians.
(Eu conheço alguns políticos corruptos.)
-We live in a wonderful country.
(Nós moramos num país maravilhoso.)
-Many young girls prefer long hair.
(Muitas jovens preferem cabelos longos.)

5. COMPARATIVO DECOMPARATIVO DE
INFERIORIDADEINFERIORIDADE
1.This test is less difficult than
that one.
2. My country is less cold than
yours
COMPARATIVO DECOMPARATIVO DE
IGUALDADEIGUALDADE
1. You can be as competent as
me.
2. Joe´s life was as short as his
father´s.
3. I´m not so/as smart as you
are.

6. ExemplosExemplos::
Rio Grande do Sul is
less hot than Bahia

7. ExemplosExemplos::
The Lord of the
Rings is less boring
than Harry Potter

8. ExemplosExemplos::
Tom is as handsome
as Brad

9. ExemplosExemplos::
Lupita Nyong'o is as
pretty as white
actress

10. ExemplosExemplos::
Imagine Dragons is as
good as Marron 5

11. COMPARATIVO DECOMPARATIVO DE
SUPERIORIDADESUPERIORIDADE

12. ADJETIVOADJETIVO
LONGOLONGO1. He is more intelligent
than us.
2. She is more boring
than you.
3. Fred is more handsome
than you.1. Mary is prettier than
Suzy.
2. Carlos is thinner than
Paul.
3. My mom is older than
ADJETIVOADJETIVO
CURTOCURTO

13. ExemplosExemplos::
The Lord of the
Rings is more
interesting than
Harry Potter

14. ExemplosExemplos::
Pablo is better than
Del Led

15. ExemplosExemplos::
My cellphone is
older than yours

16. SUPERLATIVOSUPERLATIVO

17. SUPERLATIVO DESUPERLATIVO DE
INFERIORIDADEINFERIORIDADE1. This subject is the least
complicated. 2. My clothes
are the least old.
SUPERLATIVO DESUPERLATIVO DE
SUPERIORIDADESUPERIORIDADE
ADJETIVOADJETIVO
LONGOLONGO
1.John is the most important
person here.
ADJETIVOADJETIVO
CURTOCURTO
1.That is the chespest car I have
ever seen.

18. ExemplosExemplos::
Beatles is the most
important band of
World.

19. ExemplosExemplos::
Scarlett Johansson
is actress the
prettiest in TV

20. ExemplosExemplos::
Benedict Cumberbatch
is actor the most
handsome in TV

21. ExemplosExemplos::
This dog is the least
pretty in the World

22. COMPARATIVO ECOMPARATIVO E
SUPERLATIVO IRREGULARSUPERLATIVO IRREGULAR
ADJETIVO GRAU
COMPARATIVO
GRAU
SUPERLATIVO
Good Better The best
Bad Worse The worst
Little Less The least
Much More The most
Many More The most
Far Farther The farthest