Spanish Feelings and Emotions Vocabulary Exercise 2

A second exercise on feelings and emotions vocabulary in Spanish. Covers a wider range of emotional states. Elementary–intermediate level.

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Richer emotion vocabulary — nervioso/a (nervous), optimista (optimistic — invariable), agradecido/a (grateful), enamorado/a (in love), frustrado/a (frustrated), deprimido/a (depressed). Plus nouns: el estrés (stress), la vergüenza (shame/embarrassment), la paciencia (patience), la envidia (envy).

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Noun-based emotion structures — Tener vergüenza (to be embarrassed), Tener paciencia (to have patience), Tener envidia (to be envious): Le tengo envidia (I'm envious of him/her). El estrés is masculine: Tengo mucho estrés. Dar vergüenza: Me da vergüenza (I'm embarrassed / It embarrasses me).

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Deep feeling expressions — Estoy muy agradecido/a (I'm very grateful). Estoy enamorado/a de ti (I'm in love with you). Me siento muy frustrado/a (I feel very frustrated). ¡Ten paciencia! (Be patient!). El optimista siempre encuentra la salida (The optimist always finds a way out).

✨ Ready to practice? ¡Vamos!

Complete the translations below using the following words: nervioso, optimista, estrés, agredecido, vergüenza, enamorado, paciencia, frustrado, envidia, deprimido. In your answers, make sure that the ADJECTIVE agrees with its corresponding NOUN.

1. This guy has no shame. = Este típo no tiene .✓

2. Alex is depressed about losing his job. = Alex anda por haber perdido su trabajo.✓

3. I have no patience for your silliness. = No tengo para tus tonterias.✓

4. Patricia is in love. = Patricia está .✓

5. My mom feels thankful for what has happened. = Mi mamá se siente por lo que ha pasado.✓

6. Armando feels nervous. = Armando se siente .✓

7. Generally, I'm an optimist. = Generalmente, soy .✓

8. Stress kills. = El mata.✓

9. I envy you. = Te tengo .✓

10. She seems frustrated with the outcome. = Parece con el resultado.✓