Spanish Vocabulary Advanced level

Emotions · Emociones

13 Spanish words — each with a picture, audio and an example sentence. The world of feeling — a level past “happy” and “sad”.

Emotions
PictureEnglishSpanish · EspañolNotes
la alegríahappinessla alegría
🔗 Word familyalegre (happy, cheerful); ¡Qué alegría! = what a joy!
la tristezasadnessla tristeza
🔗 Word familytriste (sad); -eza builds nouns from adjectives (belleza, pobreza).
el enojoangerel enojo
🔗 Word familyenojarse (to get angry). 🌎 RegionIn Spain el enfado is more common.
el miedofearel miedo
'I'm scared' = tengo miedo (with tener); 'it's scary' = da miedo.
el amorloveel amor
🔗 Word familyamar (to love), enamorarse (to fall in love).
el odiohatredel odio
🔗 Word familyodiar (to hate); cf. 'odious'.
la envidiaenvyla envidia
Envy of what others have; romantic jealousy is celos.
la sorpresasurprisela sorpresa
🔗 Word familysorprender (to surprise).
el orgulloprideel orgullo
🔗 Word familyorgulloso (proud); the ll sounds like y.
la vergüenzashamela vergüenza
The ü diaeresis means the u is pronounced: ver-GWEN-za; ¡Qué vergüenza!
la esperanzahopela esperanza
🔗 Word familyesperar — both 'to hope' and 'to wait'.
la calmacalmla calma
The everyday adjective is tranquilo (calm); ¡Cálmate! = calm down.
la frustraciónfrustrationla frustración
-ción nouns are always feminine; the accent drops in the plural: frustraciones.