Emotions in Spanish

¿Qué pasa? ¿Cómo te sientes?

The content consists of 3 parts. In the opening table you can see and learn how to say "How do you feel" in Spanish. Vocabulary about the different kinds of emotions follows next. In the third paragraph you can continue with types of personalities and personal traits in Spanish.

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1.How do you feel in Spanish
2.List of emotions
2.1.Example dialogue
3.Personality traits
3.1.Example sentences
3.2.How to form the plural
4.Exercises
4.1.Emotions in Spanish with pictures
4.2.Teaching emotions in Spanish with flashcards
4.3.Personality adjectives in Spanish exercise

How do you feel in Spanish

Before getting down to the emotions themselves, take a look on some questions that ask about the emotional state.

Spanish	English
¿Cómo te sientes?	How do you feel?
¿Cómo se siente?	How do you feel? (formal)
¿Qué te pasa?	What's wrong? (more informal)
¿Cómo estás?	How are you?
¿Cómo está?	How are you? (formal)
¿Qué tal?	What´s up?

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List of emotions

The verb ESTAR (to be) is used when talking about emotions, because it expresses temporary state of affairs.

Masculine gender	Feminine gender	English
triste	triste	sad
asqueado	asqueada	disgusted
enojado	enojada	angry
sorprendido	sorprendida	surprised
asustado	asustada	scared
feliz	feliz	happy
alegre	alegre	joyful
enamorado	enamorada	in love
avergonzado	avergonzada	ashamed
emocionado	emocionada	excited
sonrojado	sonrojada	flushed
contento	contenta	happy, content
atemorizado	atemorizada	afraid
cansado	cansada	tired
agotado	agotada	exhausted

Example dialogue

Marco: ¡Hola, Louise! ¿Qué tal? Hi, Louise! What´s up?

Louise: ¡Hola! Estoy feliz y contenta! Hi! I´m happy and content.

Personality traits

In Spanish when asking for personality of someone, it is used the question "Cómo es?" (What kind of person is?)

The verb SER (to be) is put to use when talking about personal traits, because it exhibits permanent characteristics.

Masculine gender	Feminine gender	English
tranquilo	tranquila	calm
aburrido	aburrida	boring
serio	seria	serious
vago	vaga	lazy
inteligente	inteligente	intelligent
guapo	guapa	beautiful, handsome
interesante	interesante	interesting
majo	maja	nice, kind
simpático	simpática	sympathetic, nice
tonto	tonta	stupid
loco	loca	crazy
tímido	tímida	shy
amable	amable	kind, friendly
divertido	divertida	funny

Example sentences

Stefhania es aburrida. Stefhania is boring.
Alejandro es guapo. Alejandro is handsome.
Johan es majo. Johan is nice.
Joaquin y Olga son amables. Joaquin and Olga are kind.

How to form the plural

When we want to refer to more than one person we put after the adjective -s so as to form the plural:

Singular	Plural
divertido	divertidos
loca	locas

Feel free to practice the vocab you´ve got acquainted with by the audio, microphones and exercises. Look for more vocabulary in our beginners course!