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10 Common Emotions in Portuguese

10 Common Emotions in Portuguese

posted on November 13, 2017

Learn 10 emotions in Portuguese - Portuguese lesson

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 lesson - Raiva a: Zangado/a, com raiva *

n: Raiva (f)

Anxious

Anxiety

 Portuguese lesson - ansioso a: Ansioso/a

n: Ansiedade (f)

Joyful

Joy

 Portuguese lesson - joyful a: Alegre

n: Alegria (f)

Depressed

Depression

 Portuguese lesson - deprimido a: Deprimido/a

n: Depressão (f)

Disappointed

Disappointment

 Portuguese lesson - desapontado a: Decepcionado/a, desapontado/a

n: Decepção (f), desapontamento (m)

Frustrated

Frustration

 Portuguese lesson - frustrado a: Frustrado/a

n: Frustração (f)

Happy

Happiness

 Portuguese lesson - feliz a: Feliz

n: Felicidade (f)

Nervous

Nervouseness

 Portuguese lesson - nervoso a: Nervoso/a

n: Nervosismo (m)

Sad

Sadness

 Portuguese lesson - triste a: Triste

n: Tristeza (f)

Scared

Fear

 Portuguese lesson - com medo 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.

How to Use Emotions Correctly in Sentences

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). Check out my lesson on how to use the verb Ser correctly here.
  2. Use the verb Estar to indicate how someone feels (or was feeling) at the moment. Check out my lesson on how to use the verb Estar correctly here.
  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. Look at examples 4 and 5 below.

Examples Using Emotions

  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 use emotions 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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Luciana Lage

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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. AvatarPhilip

    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 LageLuciana 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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