Creating Superlative with Verbs

Question

I know how to create relative superlatives with adjectives. For example, "He is the funniest man" = "Él es el hombre más cómico". Here's my question, how does one create the superlative with verbs? For example, how would one write "She studies the most"? I know "She studies more than Enrique" = "Ella estudia más que Enrique" but how do I change the comparison to the superlative? ¡Muchísimas gracias!

Answer 1

I'm not sure you can. Verbs are "action" or "doing" words whereas adjectives are "describing" words. For example:

"Bueno" (Good) is an adjective, so to say something is really good or the absolute best you'd add "-ísimo" to make "buenísimo".

"Correr" (To Run) is a verb. You can't really say someone is "more run" or "the runnest".

To answer you question, you'd put the definite article in front of comparison word:

• Mayor (Older) / El or La Mayor (the Oldest)
• Mejor (Better) / El or La Mejor (the Best)
• Más (More) / El or La Más (the Most)

Notice how English also has the definite article ("the") in front of all the words? It's kind of the same in Spanish.