Emotions vocabulary Emoções
13 Portuguese words on the topic of emotions — with pictures, audio recordings and example sentences. The world of emotions—beyond 'happy/sad'.
| Picture | English | Portuguese · Português | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
 | happiness | a alegria | The adjective is alegre (cheerful); stress the i: a-le-GRI-a. |
 | sadness | a tristeza | From triste (sad); the -eza suffix forms feminine abstract nouns (cf. beleza). |
 | anger | a raiva | You are 'with anger': estar com raiva. Also the word for rabies. |
 | fear | o medo | 'To be afraid' = ter medo de or estar com medo (lit. 'to be with fear'). |
 | love | o amor | Same family: amar (to love) and amoroso (loving); masculine noun. |
 | hatred | o ódio | The verb is odiar (to hate); note the accent: ódio. |
 | envy | a inveja | Related to 'envy'; the adjective is invejoso (envious). |
 | surprise | a surpresa | Spelling trap: surpresa — u, and -presa with no 'i'. |
 | pride | o orgulho | lh sounds like the 'lli' in 'million'; adjective orgulhoso (proud). |
 | shame | a vergonha | ter vergonha = to be embarrassed or shy; Que vergonha! = 'how embarrassing!' |
 | hope | a esperança | Feminine, like most -ança words. From esperar (to hope, to wait). |
 | calm | a calma | In Brazil syllable-final l sounds like 'w': CAW-ma. Calma! = 'take it easy!' |
 | frustration | a frustração | -ção = English -tion, feminine; plural frustrações. |