Mastering Basque Opposites: 25 Word Pairs to Boost Your Vocabulary

Today we’re looking at opposites in Basque, some very important adjectives that’ll add flavour to your sentences. We’ve got 25 Basque word pairs, the ones most commonly used. This should set you up nicely.

ENGLISH		BASQUE
hot	cold	bero	hotz
up	down	gora	behera
left	right	ezker	eskuin
happy	sad	pozik	triste
big	small	handi	txiki
young	old	gazte	zahar
fast	slow	azkar	motel
light	dark	argi	ilun
hard	soft	gogor	bigun
full	empty	bete	hutsik
open	closed	ireki	itxi
short	long	motz	luze
wet	dry	busti	lehor
tall	short	altu	baxu
strong	weak	indartsu	ahul
fat	thin	lodi	mehe
sweet	sour	gozo	garratz
loud	quiet	ozen	lasai
near	far	hurbil	urrun
beautiful	ugly	eder	itsus
high	low	altu	baxu
new	old	berri	zahar
good	bad	on	txar
rich	poor	aberats	txiro
clean	dirty	garbi	zikin