VerbamorExcited in Spanish
“Excited” in Spanish is emocionado, or emocionada with a feminine noun. It's an adjective, pronounced /e.mo.sjoˈna.do/.
In a sentence
El niño está emocionado saltando de alegría en el parque de diversiones.
The boy is excited, jumping for joy at the amusement park.
Grammar note
Use estar: estoy emocionado (said by a man), estoy emocionada (said by a woman). It can also mean moved, touched by something.
In most of Spain the z, or c before e or i, is said like the th in think: /e.mo.θjoˈna.do/.
How to remember it
It looks like emotional, and that's the right idea: when you're excited, you're full of emoción.
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