HOW DO YOU EXPRESS YOUR FEELINGS IN ITALIAN?

HOW DO YOU SAY “MOOD” AND “FEELINGS” IN ITALIAN?

Before we look into the different types of emotions, let me give you first the Italian words for mood and feelings.

In Italian, the term “umore” (masculine) refers to the state of your mind at a particular time. Hence it’s what you call mood in English.

The feelings instead are emotions that tend to last longer that your mood, like the feeling of joy or love. In Italian we say that they are “sentimenti” (masculine). 

Without going in too deep about the difference between mood and feelings, let’s just have a look at the main Italian words that you can use to say how you feel.

I’ve split the list in positive and negative feelings to make it easier to remember.

HOW DO YOU TELL YOUR EMOTIONS IN ITALIAN?

Let’s start with the positive feelings, which include happiness, gratitude, satisfaction, amazement and love. Here you are.

Positive Feelings in Italian

• Felice or Contento/a = Happy
• Rilassato/a = Relaxed
• Grato/a = Grateful
• Soddisfatto/a = Pleased
• Emozionato/a = Excited/Moved
• Stupito/a = Surprised/Amazed 
• Innamorato/a = In Love

TELL ME HOW YOU FEEL IN ITALIAN

The world would be amazing if we will always feel in a positive way!

Unfortunately that doesn’t happen in real life and we often feel sad, angry or stressed. So let’s cover also the negative feelings. 

Negative Feelings in Italian

• Triste = Sad
• Dispiaciuto/a = Sorry
• Arrabbiato/a = Angry
• Nervoso/a = Nervous/Tense
• Disgustato/a = Disgusted
• Geloso/a = Jealous 
• Invidioso/a = Envious
• Annoiato/a = Bored
• Stressato/a = Stressed
• Preoccupato/a =  Worried
• Confuso/a = Confused
• Spaventato/a = Scared

EXAMPLES OF EXPRESSING FEELINGS (IN ITALIAN)

These were just some of the most common feelings; of course it’s not a complete list but it should be enough for now!

Let’s see some examples on how you can make simple sentences to tell about your emotions.

First of all, you need the Italian verb “to be” to say how you feel. So if you don’t remember it’s conjugation at the present, then check out this lesson.

If you remember it, that’s great! Keep reading 🙂

Example 1

Oggi sono felice

This phrase is to say that I’m happy today. The word “oggi” means today. You can also use the term “contento/contenta” instead of “felice” without change the meaning.

Example 2

Sei arrabbiato con me? 

This is a question to ask someone if they are angry at you. So literally means: “are you angry at me?“. Hopefully the answer to this one is no! 

Example 3

Lui e’ un po’ stressato. 

This last phrase means that he’s a bit stressed. The word un po’ is the Italian way of saying a bit or a little. 

Great! You’ve learnt how to express your feeling in Italian …

You can now check the most common ways to ask “How are you?” in Italian (and 5 different ways to reply!).

If you don’t remember the Italian verb “essere” (to be), check it out below. It’s a must-know and it’s not only used to express your feelings.

In the following lesson, I’ll show you how you can use “to be” to talk about yourself.