| Ser: | Estar: |
| aburrido = boring | aburrido = bored |
| atento = courteous | antento = attentive |
| bueno = good | bueno = tasty |
| cansado = tiresome | cansado = tired |
| católico = catholic | no * católico = unwell, sick |
| decidido = resolute | decidido = decided |
| consciente = aware | consciente = conscious (not asleep) |
| despierto = sharp, alert | despierto = awake |
| un enfermo (enfermizo) = an invalid | enfermo = sick, ill |
| interesado = self-seeking | interesado = interested |
| listo = clever, smart | listo = ready |
| (un) loco = mentally ill, scatterbrained | loco = (acting) crazy |
| malo = bad, evil | malo = sick, ill |
| muerto = dead man (ostracized) | muerto = dead |
| negro = black | negro = very irritated |
| orgulloso = proud (negative) | orgulloso = proud of something, somebody |
| rico = rich | rico = delicious |
| seguro = safe | seguro = convinced |
| torpe = slow, dumb | torpe = clumsy |
| verde = green, smutty | verde = unripe (green) |
| violento = violent, embarrassing | violento (embarrassed) |
| vivo = sharp, alert | vivo = alive |