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10 Common Emotions in Portuguese

10 Common Emotions in Portuguese

posted on November 13, 2017

Learn 10 emotions in Portuguese with this Portuguese lesson by Street Smart Brazil

We express our emotions all the time. Today you will learn 10 common emotions in Portuguese, including good and bad feelings. The goal is to improve your ability to communicate in Portuguese so you can deepen relationships and enrich your conversations.

For each emotion I will show you not only the adjective (happy, sad), but also the related noun (happiness, sadness). By the noun, you will find the indication of whether it is a feminine noun (f) or a masculine noun (m).

After the vocabulary section you will find real-life examples using these emotions in full sentences.

Vocabulary: 10 Emotions in Portuguese

Angry

Anger

 portuguese for angry a: Zangado/a, com raiva *

n: Raiva (f)

Anxious

Anxiety

 portuguese for anxious a: Ansioso/a

n: Ansiedade (f)

Joyful

Joy

 portuguese for joy a: Alegre

n: Alegria (f)

Depressed

Depression

 portuguese for depressed a: Deprimido/a

n: Depressão (f)

Disappointed

Disappointment

 portuguese for disappointed a: Decepcionado/a, desapontado/a

n: Decepção (f), desapontamento (m)

Frustrated

Frustration

 portuguese for frustrated a: Frustrado/a

n: Frustração (f)

Happy

Happiness

 portuguese for happy a: Feliz

n: Felicidade (f)

Nervous

Nervousness

 portuguese for nervous a: Nervoso/a

n: Nervosismo (m)

Sad

Sadness

 portuguese for sad a: Triste

n: Tristeza (f)

Scared

Fear

 portuguese for scared a: Amedrontado, com medo*; medroso

n: Medo (m)

* Com raiva and Com medo are not adjetives. I included these expressions because they are the most common way that we express feeling angry and scared, respectively, in Brazil.

Emotions in Portuguese: Ser vs. Estar

Practicing the vocabulary of emotions is a great way to practice the verbs Ser and Estar.

Here are a few things you need to know in order to use emotions correctly in full sentences:

  1. Use the verb Ser to indicate how someone is in general (not how they are feeling at the moment).
  2. Use the verb Estar to indicate how someone feels at the moment.
  3. Use the verb Ficar in the past tense to say that someone was sad (or any emotion), meaning that they got sad because something caused them to feel sad. See examples 4 and 5 below.

6 real-life examples

  1. Por que você está com raiva? O que aconteceu? = Why are you angry? What happened?
  2. Estou ansiosa porque tenho uma entrevista de trabalho amanhã. = I’m feeling anxious because I have a job interview tomorrow.
  3. Joana é sempre tão alegre. Infelizmente hoje ela está triste porque perdeu o emprego. = Joana is always so joyful. Unfortunately today she is feeling sad because she’s lost her job.
  4. Ontem Ana deu um bolo em Mário. Ele ficou muito decepcionado. = Yesterday Ana stood Mário up. He was very disappointed.
  5. Parabéns pela promoção! Fiquei muito feliz com a notícia. = Congratulations on the promotion! I was very happy with the news.
  6. Não fique nervoso porque não adianta nada! = Don’t get nervous because it doesn’t help with anything.

To talk about emotions in Portuguese with confidence, practice with your Portuguese teacher using real-life examples in different contexts. Practice with the verbs Ser, Estar, and Ficar, as these are important and useful verbs.

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About Luciana Lage

Luciana Lage founded Street Smart Brazil drawing on her passion for Brazilian Portuguese language and culture. Luciana has also taught Portuguese at University of California, Berkeley, and currently teaches at the University of San Francisco.

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  1. Philip

    November 14, 2017 at 10:31 am

    Hi – thanks for the post. I just wanted to double-check number 4:
    Ontem Ana deu um bolo em Mário.

    Does this really mean that she stood him up yesterday? I read it and thought she gave him a cake yesterday.

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    • Luciana Lage

      November 15, 2017 at 5:06 pm

      It is an idiomatic expression. Dar um bolo literally means to give a cake, but colloquially it means to stand someone up.

      Reply

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