Opposites — Antónimos

[laepelba]

Thanks, Malila!! You ROCK!!

[vita32]

Esta tema es muy enteresante!

aqui - hay, alli

dulce - amargo

paraiso - infierno

blanca - negra

This is all I can think for now.
vita32

[Rusty]

Thanks for these.

The opposite of aquí could be ahí, allí, or allá. (hay = there is/there are)

blanca - negra (this has already been entered (we use the masculine form when listing adjectives that have both a masculine and a feminine form))

[vita32]

hombre - mujer
dador - tomador
tranquilo - ruidoso
ahorrador - gastador
humilde - orgulloso
humilidad - orgullo
adelante - hacia atras
valiente - cobarde
introvertido - extrovertido
si - no
verdad - mentira
sonrisa - foncir el ceño


Corregir me por favor.

[JPablo]

Originally Posted by vita32

hombre - mujer = man - woman
dador - tomador = ? dadivoso - rácano = generous - stingy
silencioso- ruidoso = quiet - noisy
tranquilo - nervioso = calm - agitated (jumpy)
ahorrador - gastador = thrifty - spendthrift (also "despilfarrador" = wasteful)
humilde - orgulloso/engreído/ufano = humble/meek - proud/conceited/bigheaded
humilidad - orgullo = humility - pride
adelante - [hacia] atrás = ahead - behind
valiente - cobarde = brave, courageous - coward
introvertido - extrovertido = introverted - extroverted (Note: the Spanish "more correct" is considered "intravertido" "extravertido, although I use the one you noted.)
sí - no = yes - no
verdad - mentira = truth - lie
sonreír - fruncir el ceño = [to] smile - to frown


Corregidme, por favor.

There you have it.
On the "corregidme" that is typical Spanish. For Latinamérica is better "Corríjanme, por favor"

[vita32]

JPablo,
Gracias por tus correciones y clarificaciones. Una mas pregunta (one more question):
?hay un equivalente en español por estos antonimos: forward - backward? (is there an equivalent in Spanish for these antonyms: forward - backward)?
Gracias.

[irmamar]

Hacia delante - hacia atrás.

[vita32]

Originally Posted by irmamar

Hacia delante - hacia atrás.

irmamar, gracias.

[AngelicaDeAlquezar]

@Pablo: According to the DRAE, what you said is true about "extravertido" preferred over "extrovertido", but not about "introvertido".

[JPablo]

@Angélica, thank you. (Sorry for the .)
Yes, "introvertido"
NOT "*intravertido"

[vita32]

Originally Posted by Rusty

Thanks for these.

The opposite of aquí could be ahí, allí, or allá. (hay = there is/there are)

blanca - negra (this has already been entered (we use the masculine form when listing adjectives that have both a masculine and a feminine form))

De nada y gracias por clarificaciones.

[vita32]

I noticed that the english translation of "amargo" on the list of antonyms is "sour". I thought that amargo = bitter in English.

[AngelicaDeAlquezar]

Thank you, Vita. It's been corrected.

[Perikles]

Originally Posted by AngelicaDeAlquezar

Thank you, Vita. It's been corrected.

Yes, but if this a list of opposites, I'm not sure it is correct, because the 'opposite' of sweet is always sour = agrio, ácido.

Also, simpático – antipático kind – unkind
is surely nice - unpleasant, which is not quite the same thing.

[vita32]

Originally Posted by AngelicaDeAlquezar

Thank you, Vita. It's been corrected.

You're welcome.

[AngelicaDeAlquezar]

@Perikles: That's the reason why I hate making this kind of lists.

"Antipático" is for me an unkind behaviour of people, and I learnt "ácido"/"salado" y "dulce"/"amargo", but if everyone agrees on the changes you propose, the list will be edited and corrected.

[Perikles]

Originally Posted by AngelicaDeAlquezar

@Perikles: That's the reason why I hate making this kind of lists.

"Antipático" is for me an unkind behaviour of people, and I learnt "ácido"/"salado" y "dulce"/"amargo", but if everyone agrees on the changes you propose, the list will be edited and corrected.

I really don't mind one way or the other, but I think if you asked 100 people what the opposite of 'sweet' is, 99 would say 'sour'. (The other one would say ¿qué? ). And for me, being unpleasant is not the same as being unkind, but it's really not worth discussing the difference for a list.

Perhaps you should remove the request for comments below the list.

Oh God - I've just asked my wife what the opposite of 'sweet' is, and she went into a 5-minute trance and said 'sweet' has no opposite. Either 'sour' or 'bitter' But she did agree that most would say 'sour'.

[chileno]

To me "Agrio" does not have an opposite, per se.

Food turns sour when it decays. Or it is a phase of the decaying process.

Sweet<> Not sweet

Salty <> Not salty.

Etc.

[Tarential]

The opposite of sweet is sour. Yes, one can refer to things "souring" as they go bad, but that is not the main usage of the word.

In a technical way, there may be no opposite of "sweet". I'm not a chemist nor a biologist, so I have no way of determining if something that tastes sour is causing an "opposite" reaction in the human body. I can tell you for certain though, in the minds of the majority (the *vast* majority) of native English speakers the taste of "sour" is opposite to "sweet". One might make the same observation of one's disposition; "He's a very sweet man" or "He's a very sour man" are used as opposites. We eat sweet and sour sauce, sweet and sour candies.

I hope this helps confirm that the most commonly referred to antonym of "sweet" is "sour".

[irmamar]

This link may be useful.

Why nobody said "salado"?