Intensifiers are adverbs or adverbial phrases that strengthen the meaning of other expressions and show emphasis. Words that we commonly use as intensifiers include absolutely, completely, extremely, highly, rather, really, so, too, totally, utterly, very and at all:
| INTENSIFIERS | TRANSLATION |
| VERY | MUY |
| SO | TAN |
| TO | DEMASIADO |
| QUITE | BASTANTE |
| PRETTY | BASTANTE |
| FAIRLY | BASTANTE |
| A LITTLE | UN POCO |
| ENOUGHT | SUFICIENTE |
THE XBOX IS VERY EXPANSIVE
EL XBOX ES MUY CARO
THE GAME WAS PRETY GOOD
EL JUEGO FUE BASTANTE BUENO
I´M SO SAD
ESTOY MUY TRISTE
I´M A LITTLE SICK
ESTOY UN POCO ENFERMO
MY HAIR ARE FAIRLY LONG
MI PELO ES BASTANTE LARGO
| INTESIFIERS | DEFINITION | EXAMPLES(ENGLISH/SPANISH) |
| TOO | 1-Used to emphasise that there is a lot of something is negative from 2-placed in front of adjectives/adverbs |
it´s too cold today esta demaciado frio hoy that´s too fast they are too small |
| QUITE | 1-It´s use to intensify a positive idea 2-you can modify verbs to specify opinions or preferences |
I quite like her new cars me gustan bastante sus nuevos carros this new app is quite this fish is quite big |
| VERY | 1-Indicates a grater intensify of the adjective or the adverb to wich ai a companies 2-is used when the meaning of the sentence is positive an neutral |
i´m a very basy person soy una persona muy ocupada my juice is very hoy they are very pretty |
| PRETTY | 1-it´s used in informal context, it´s not used in negative phrases. 2-when modifying a noon preceded by an adjective, the article is placed be fore pretty |
it´s pretty homework for me es bastante tarea para mi the calculator is quite large the mountains pretty big |
| SO | 1-the particle "so" is used when the previus statenient is an afirmative sentence 2-we use "so" with adjectives or adverbs to show extreme feelings or effects 3-the adjective ar adverb goes directly after "so" in the sentence |
the dog was so sad that he died el perro estaba tan triste que murio it´s so cold today to freeze me my ring was so jammed they cut my finger |