❤️ Emotion Verbs
Emotion verbs help you express your feelings, reactions, and relationships with others. In this section, you'll learn common Spanish verbs for talking about happiness, sadness, fear, anger, love, and other everyday emotions.
🟢 Positive Emotion Verbs
❤️ To love → Amar
😊 To like → Gustar
😄 To enjoy → Disfrutar
😂 To laugh → Reír
😊 To smile → Sonreír
🤝 To trust → Confiar
🟡 Negative Emotion Verbs
😨 To fear → Temer
😞 To worry → Preocuparse
😡 To get angry → Enojarse
😢 To cry → Llorar
😔 To miss someone → Extrañar
💔 To hate → Odiar
🔵 Expressing Feelings
🙂 To feel → Sentirse
😌 To relax → Relajarse
😲 To be surprised → Sorprenderse
🤗 To comfort → Consolar
💚 To forgive → Perdonar
🌟 To encourage → Animar
🧠 Useful Grammar
Using sentirse
Use sentirse to describe how you feel.
Me siento feliz.
Nos sentimos cansados.
Use sentirse to describe how you feel.
Me siento feliz.
Nos sentimos cansados.
Using gustar
Gustar literally means "to be pleasing."
Me gusta el café.
Me gustan los perros.
Gustar literally means "to be pleasing."
Me gusta el café.
Me gustan los perros.
Reflexive emotion verbs
Many emotion verbs are reflexive, including:
Sentirse
Enojarse
Preocuparse
Many emotion verbs are reflexive, including:
Sentirse
Enojarse
Preocuparse
💬 Common Emotion Phrases
❤️ Amo a mi familia.
I love my family.
I love my family.
😊 Me gusta esta canción.
I like this song.
I like this song.
😔 Extraño a mis amigos.
I miss my friends.
I miss my friends.
😂 Nos gusta reír juntos.
We like laughing together.
We like laughing together.
❓ Useful Questions
🙂 ¿Cómo te sientes?
How do you feel?
How do you feel?
😊 ¿Qué te gusta hacer?
What do you like to do?
What do you like to do?
😨 ¿Qué temes?
What do you fear?
What do you fear?
❤️ ¿A quién amas?
Who do you love?
Who do you love?
💬 Everyday Conversation
How Are You Feeling?
A: ¿Cómo te sientes hoy?
B: Me siento muy feliz.
A: ¡Qué bueno! ¿Por qué?
B: Porque voy a visitar a mi familia.
A: How are you feeling today?
B: I feel very happy.
A: That's great! Why?
B: Because I'm going to visit my family.
A: ¿Cómo te sientes hoy?
B: Me siento muy feliz.
A: ¡Qué bueno! ¿Por qué?
B: Porque voy a visitar a mi familia.
A: How are you feeling today?
B: I feel very happy.
A: That's great! Why?
B: Because I'm going to visit my family.
📝 Example Sentences
😊 Me gusta aprender español.
I like learning Spanish.
I like learning Spanish.
😨 Ella teme las tormentas.
She fears storms.
She fears storms.
😡 Se enoja fácilmente.
He gets angry easily.
He gets angry easily.
😌 Necesito relajarme un poco.
I need to relax a little.
I need to relax a little.
😂 Todos se ríen del chiste.
Everyone laughs at the joke.
Everyone laughs at the joke.
🙂 Hoy me siento muy bien.
Today I feel very good.
Today I feel very good.
🏆 Final Practice
Practice saying these sentences before pressing play.
- Me siento muy feliz.
- Me gusta aprender español.
- Extraño a mi familia.
- Necesito relajarme un poco.
- Todos se ríen del chiste.
- Se enoja fácilmente.