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The Comparison of Adjectives.
The Comparative is formed by placing mais (more) or menos (less) before the Positive, as:
- bello, beautiful,
- mais bello, more beautiful.
Obs. “Than” following the Comparative is rendered by que, como, or: tão—como, as—as; não tão—como, not so—as; before the particle que the word do is often prefixed, as:
- he mais prudente do que parece,
- he is wiser than it appears.
The Superlative is formed
1. by placing the article before the Comparative, as:
- o mais douto, the most learned
- o mais bello, the most beautiful;
2. by adding to the Positive issimo (masc.) and issima (fem.), as:
- bello, beautiful, bellissimo, bellissima.