How do you say “taller than” in Spanish?

“taller than” in Spanish is “más alto que”.

How do you say “shorter than” in Spanish?

“shorter than” in Spanish is “más bajo que”.

How do you say “more expensive than” in Spanish?

“more expensive than” in Spanish is “más caro que”.

How many words are in this quiz?

This quiz has 40 English–Spanish word pairs, with two-way practice (English → Spanish and Spanish → English) and mini-quizzes.

Comparatives & Superlatives – English-Spanish Quiz

Comparativos y superlativos – Inglés y español

Compare things with más … que (more than), menos … que (less than) and tan … como (as … as); point out the extreme with el / la más …; and use the four irregular forms mejor, peor, mayor, menor. Before a number, “more than” is más de. Practice 40 patterns and sentences in both directions (English ⇄ Spanish).

Patterns

more / less + adjective + que: más alto que, menos caro que
as + adjective + as: tan grande como; as much / as many as: tanto como, tantos libros como
the most / the least: el más importante, la menos cara; “in” after a superlative is de: el más alto de la clase
irregular: mejor (better), peor (worse), mayor (older / bigger), menor (younger / smaller)
-ísimo = extremely: buenísimo, grandísimo, facilísimo

First time? Read the instructions

#	English	Spanish
1	taller than	más alto que
2	shorter than	más bajo que
3	more expensive than	más caro que
4	less expensive than	menos caro que
5	bigger than	más grande que
6	smaller than	más pequeño que
7	as big as	tan grande como
8	as fast as	tan rápido como
9	as much as	tanto como
10	as many books as	tantos libros como
11	better than	mejor que
12	worse than	peor que
13	older than (people)	mayor que
14	younger than	menor que
15	more than ten	más de diez
16	less than ten	menos de diez
17	the best	el mejor, la mejor
18	the worst	el peor, la peor
19	the biggest	el más grande
20	the smallest	el más pequeño
21	the most important	el más importante
22	the least expensive	el menos caro
23	the oldest (person)	el mayor
24	the youngest	el menor
25	the tallest in the class	el más alto de la clase
26	very good, really good	buenísimo
27	very big, huge	grandísimo
28	extremely easy	facilísimo
29	more and more	cada vez más
30	less and less	cada vez menos
31	the same as	igual que
32	different from	diferente de
33	much better	mucho mejor
34	a little better	un poco mejor
35	My brother is taller than me.	Mi hermano es más alto que yo.
36	This is the best taco in the city.	Este es el mejor taco de la ciudad.
37	She is as smart as her sister.	Es tan inteligente como su hermana.
38	I have more than a hundred books.	Tengo más de cien libros.
39	Mexico City is the biggest city in Mexico.	La Ciudad de México es la ciudad más grande de México.
40	Spanish is easier than I thought.	El español es más fácil de lo que pensaba.

Frequently asked questions

How do you say “taller than” in Spanish?: “taller than” in Spanish is “más alto que”.
How do you say “shorter than” in Spanish?: “shorter than” in Spanish is “más bajo que”.
How do you say “more expensive than” in Spanish?: “more expensive than” in Spanish is “más caro que”.
How many words are in this quiz?: This quiz has 40 English–Spanish word pairs, with two-way practice (English → Spanish and Spanish → English) and mini-quizzes.