How often can one use a past participle as an adjective?

Question

Can all past participles be used as adjectives? For example, would this be a correct use of the past participle "destruido": Un edificio destruido.

Answer 1

Hi, Pajaro, and welcome to the forum!

"Un edificio destruído" sounds perfect.

To answer your questions, yes, as a rule past participles can be used as adjectives. For example: "una carta escrita por mi novio" - "a letter written by my boyfriend"..."Una pregunta hecha en serio" - "a question asked sincerely"..."unos hombres vueltos fieras" - "a few men turned into wild beasts" (meaning "a few really enraged men").

As to whether "all" past participles can be used as adjectives - I really can't say if this is true in either English or Spanish. However, a a rule, the answer is that past participles make fine adjectives.

I hope this has answered your question, and we hope to see you back on the forum soon!