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A2 Spanish Vocabulary Lesson

3 Words for Feelings

3 palabras para los sentimientos

2:56 min video · 9 sentences · 3 key words

Transcript with English

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About this lesson

Three useful Spanish words for feelings: contento, preocupado and cansado, each shown in an everyday adult moment with a common English-speaker mistake.

How to practise

  1. Learn each word on its card: the word and what it means.
  2. Repeat every example out loud in the Te toca · Your turn pause, then check the Don't say card: how not to use the word.
  3. At the end, take the quick quiz on the theme's words.

Los sentimientos Feelings

WordMeaningDon't say
contentohappy, pleased adjective, estar contento/a conEstoy contento de mi trabajo. ✗ · Estoy contento con mi trabajo. ✓ Use contento con for what pleases you, not de.
preocupadoworried adjective, preocupado por algoEstoy preocupado sobre el examen. ✗ · Estoy preocupado por el examen. ✓ Spanish uses por after preocupado, not sobre or about.
cansadotired adjective, estar cansado/aSoy cansado hoy. ✗ · Estoy cansado hoy. ✓ Feelings and states use estar, not ser.

Key words

SpanishEnglishLevel
contentohappy, pleased
preocupadoworried
cansadotired

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