aceptable

ah-sep-TAH-bleh

acceptable?satisfactory or good enough

Also:okay?informal description of quality,satisfactory?meeting a required standard,passable?just barely good enough

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El servicio en el restaurante fue aceptable.

The service at the restaurant was okay.

Buscamos una solución aceptable para todos.

We are looking for a solution that is acceptable for everyone.

Sus notas en la escuela son aceptables.

His grades at school are satisfactory.

This word doesn't change based on gender. You use 'aceptable' for both 'el' (masculine) and 'la' (feminine) things.

To talk about more than one thing, simply add an '-s' to make it 'aceptables'.

Mistake: "La respuesta es aceptabla."

Correction: La respuesta es aceptable. Words ending in -e in Spanish usually stay the same whether you are describing a boy thing or a girl thing.

Use this when you want to be polite about something that wasn't amazing, but wasn't bad either.

Question 1 of 2

Which of these is the correct way to say 'the acceptable meals'?

aceptación(acceptance) - noun

Does 'aceptable' sound negative?

Not necessarily, but it can be 'faint praise'. Just like in English, saying a meal was 'acceptable' suggests it wasn't anything special.

How do I say 'unacceptable'?

Just add 'in-' to the front to get 'inaceptable'.