Adjectives in -ós
Famós becomes famosa in the feminine, with no accent.
How It Works
| Masculine | Feminine | |
|---|---|---|
| singular | famós | famosa |
| plural | famoses | famosas |
The accent on -ós shows that the stress is on the last syllable. In famosa the stress sits on the middle of the word, so the accent goes.
Other adjectives that work the same way: curiós, curiosa, curioses (curious) and gelós, gelosa (jealous).
The adjective goes after the noun and agrees with it: una femna famosa, los dròlles curioses.
Many of these adjectives match English words in -ous or -ious: famous and famós, curious and curiós.
Examples (5)
- Aquel òme es famós.
That man is famous.
Famós is the masculine singular.
- Aquesta femna es famosa.
This woman is famous.
Famosa is the feminine, with no accent.
- Los dròlles son curioses.
The children are curious.
Curioses is the masculine plural.
- Aquelas vilas son famosas.
Those towns are famous.
Famosas is the feminine plural.
- Marta es gelosa.
Marta is jealous.
Gelosa is the feminine of gelós.
Common Mistakes
Not changing the adjective for a feminine noun.
Una femna famós.Una femna famosa.A feminine noun takes -osa.
Keeping the accent in the feminine.
Una femna famósa.Una femna famosa.The accent of -ós disappears when -a is added.
How It Connects
Learn This First
Adjectives in -ós change their accent in the feminine, so the feminine of adjectives and the written accents come first.
Related Patterns
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