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Comparing adjectives and adverbs in Spanish

más... (que)	more...(than)	Este cuchillo está más sucio que la cuchara = This knife is more dirtier than the spoon
más + adjective + de lo que + clause When you're not refering to anything	more...than	Está más elegante de lo que pensaba = She's more elegant than I thought
más de + quantity / number use relative pronouns el que, la que etc.	more...(than)	He comprado más de dos litros de leche = I've brought more than two litres of milk Siempre llevo más cosas de las que necesito = I always take more things than I need ('las que' is referring to 'las cosas')
menos... (que)	less...(than)	Trabaja menos = He works less
menos + adjective + de lo que + clause When you're not refering to anything	less...than
menos de + quantity / number use relative pronouns el que, la que etc.	less...(than)	Tiene menos de cincuenta años = He's less than fifty years old Estamos menos cansados de lo que creía = We're less tired than you believe
Cuanto más/menos... más / menos (cuanto is used in Spain, and other places may use another word)	The more...more The less...less
tanto/a(s) + noun... como	as... as	Tengo tanto miedo como mi amigo = I was as frightened as my friend (miedo is a noun)
tan + adjective... como	as... as	Ella es tan bella como un diamante = She's as beautiful as a diamond
tan + adjective.. que	so... that	Los caminos estaban tan húmedos que me quedó en casa = The roads were so wet that I stayed at home
bastante(s)/suficiente(s)...para	enough... to	Por qué hacer pruebas no es suficiente para garantizar la calidad de la aplicación but you can see these words next to each other: Tenemos tiempo suficiente para prepararnos bien Here, 'suficiente' is an adjective that is describing the noun 'tiempo'.
demasiado/a(s)... para	too... to	Be careful with this word: Ella está demasiado ocupada para poder venir esta noche. The word 'demasiado' can be an adjective or an adverb. In this example, it's acting as an adverb and it's describing the adjective 'ocupada'. You can see these words put together too: Me divierto demasiado para llamarlo trabajo In this use, it's an adverb used with the verb 'divertirse'

Superlatives

Superlatives are things like 'the quickest / hardest' etc. Just use the word 'el' or 'la' with 'más' / 'menos' like this:

Esta foto es la más clara = This photo is the clearest
Es el ciclista más rápido = He is the quickest cyclist
¡Es el hombre más alto que haya visto! = He's the tallest man I've ever seen! (the subjunctive is used [formally] to stress 'ever' in superlatives in a relative clause)

and use el / la when 'de' follows ('de' is often used to translate 'in'):
El mejor hotel en España = The best hotel in Spain
Es el peor de mis dibujos = It is the worst of my drawings

BUT dont use el / la:
-when you use 'my / your' e.g.
Eres mi mejor amigo = You're my best friend
Fue su mejor / peor falda = It was her best / worst skirt (compare this with the above 'Es el peor de mis dibujos')
-when the adjective doesn't refer to anything
Sería más preferable decir algo en estas situaciones= It would be more preferable to say something in these situations
-in relative clauses
Este sombrero es el que menos me gusta = This hat's the one I like least

Adjectives that don't fit these patterns:

Adjective	Comparative	Superlative
bueno	mejor	el / la mejor
malo	peor	el / la peor
grande	más grande - (mainly for physical size)	el más grande
	mayor - (mainly for age, used after the noun or abstract size, used before the noun)	mi hermana mayor = my older sister el mayor problema = the biggest problem
pequeño	menor / más pequeño - these are used in the same way as mayor / más grande	el / la más pequeño

-ísimo / -ísima / -ísimos / -ísimas

When you use these endings on an adjective, it intensifies it's meaning (like very heavy / fast etc.) and you take the final vowel off (if one exists) and put these endings on (note the 'í' is always accented because the stress is always on that syllable.)
Note that you need to change the spelling of some adjectives to keep the sound e.g.feliz →felicísimo, rico → riquísimo.
It's easier (and optional) to use muy + adjective e.g. Esta foto es muy interesante = this photo is very interesting.
I would recommend using 'muy' because there are some irregular forms and some that are just for literary use.
There are other forms:
super- (or sometimes hiper-), ultra-, re- or requete-.
They can also be written as adverbs separate from the word.
Superlargo or súper largo = "super-long" or "way long"

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