Understanding how to talk about emotions and personality traits is essential for expressing yourself and connecting with others. Spanish vocabulary about emotions and personality helps you describe how you feel, discuss people’s characteristics and understand the subtleties of conversations.
On this page you have different lessons related to the names of basic feelings and more complex emotional states and personality descriptions. These lessons provide explanations and examples, but also interactive content and links to printable and online activities for practicing this vocabulary. This way you’ll gain the confidence to talk about these topics in Spanish with fluency.
What will you learn?
Basic emotions and feelings: start by learning essential words for everyday emotions, such as “feliz” (happy), “triste” (sad) and “sorprendido” (surprised). These lessons introduce you to the vocabulary you need to express how you’re feeling.
Complex emotional states: expand your knowledge by learning words for more nuanced emotions like “frustrado” (frustrated), “nostálgico” (nostalgic) or “desesperado” (desperate). With lessons you will learn vocabulary that will help you describe more complex feelings in Spanish in different contexts.
Personality traits: learn how to describe people’s characteristics and personalities, including traits like “amable” (kind), “introvertido” (introverted), “valiente” (brave), “optimista” (optimistic) or “sincero” (honest). These lessons provide practical phrases to discuss people’s behaviors and personalities.
Talking about moods and changes in emotions: learn how to talk about changes in mood with phrases in Spanish like “estar de buen humor” (to be in a good mood), “sentirse deprimido” (to feel down) or “ponerse nervioso” (to get nervous). The content of these lessons will guide you through expressing emotions naturally.
Expressions for empathy and support: discover how to express empathy and offer support with phrases like “lo siento” (I’m sorry), “te entiendo” (I understand you) or “anímate” (cheer up). These lessons will help you navigate through sensitive conversations and offer comfort words in Spanish.
Describing emotional reactions and triggers: learn vocabulary for talking about what causes certain emotions, such as “preocupación” (worry), “miedo” (fear), “alegría” (joy) or “vergüenza” (embarrassment). These lessons include phrases in Spanish to explain how different situations make you feel.