The =positive degree= expresses the quality without any further idea of comparison, as Feliz (happy), Rico (rich).
+—————————————————+—————————————————+ | Comparative. | Superlative Relative. | +—————————————————+—————————————————+ |Más feliz que (happier than). | El más feliz (the happiest). | |Menos feliz que (less happy than).| El menos feliz (the least happy).| |Tan rico como (as or so rich as). | | +—————————————————+—————————————————+
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Mi tío es más pobre que su hermano: My uncle is poorer than his brother.
Su mujer es menos rica que él: His wife is less rich than he.
Soy tan feliz como V.: I am as happy as you.
No es tan amable como su primo: He is not so amiable as his cousin.
Superlative Absolute.
EXAMPLES—
Muy largo: Very long. Muy corto: Very short.
Another way to form the Superlative Absolute[39] is by adding =ísimo= instead of using muy. If the adjective ends in a vowel, this is elided before adding ísimo.
[Footnote 39: More rarely used and much more emphatic.]