individual

adjective een-dee-bee-DWAHL Less Common

Also means

single

Usage Note

Individual in Spanish is used both as an adjective (habitación individual, 'single room') and less commonly as a noun (el individual, a table placemat in some regions). As an adjective it often means 'for one person' or 'private/personal' rather than the English sense of 'a particular person.' A hotel's habitación individual is a single-occupancy room; habitación doble would be for two.

Examples

"Prefiero el trabajo individual al de grupo."

Natural Translation

I prefer individual work to group work.

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