CONSIDERATE

Good morning, everyone, and welcome back to the Daily Vitamin. I hope you enjoyed your weekend.

This week we are going to explain the meaning of some adjectives to describe personality traits (rasgos de carácter). The adjectives that we have chosen are often incorrectly translated from Spanish into English.

Today's word is: considerate

It means: a person who is kind and helpful towards others. The opposite is inconsiderate.

This adjective in Spanish is the same, considerado. However, considerado can also mean respected or esteemed, whereas in English considerate only means helpful or kind.

Example 1:
I would like my children to grow up to be considerate towards others. Therefore, I insist that they say 'please' and 'thank you' and that they think about their actions.

Example 2:
Everybody sitting on the bus was very inconsiderate to the elderly woman and nobody offered her their seat until the bus driver said something.

As usual, to get some writing practice, I encourage you to write your own sentence or two with today's words. You can post your sentences to one of our social media sites (Facebook or Bluesky) and we will give you feedback about your sentences as soon as we can.

Have a pleasant day!