When to use volver, hacer, poner for emotions

Question

I struggle a lot translating the following types of emotions:

It makes me crazy. Me vuelve loco.

It makes me happy. Me hace feliz.

I get 'hot'. Me pongo caliente.

Me pongo a llorar. I'm actually not sure exactly what this says whether it's I cried, it made me cry, I made myself cry.

When I say things like you made me sad, I get mad, it bores me etc. how do I know when to use volver, hacer or poner? Is there some trick to knowing? Are those the 3 main verbs for these situations?

Answer 1

You have them all correct; however, "Me pongo a llorar" is simply, "I start to cry." "Poner" is used more idiomatically, when an action is started: "Me pongo a sentir mal" (I start to feel bad).

If something or someone makes you feel a certain way, usually we use "Hacer." "Me haces sentir mal." (You make me feel bad).

"Volver" is the least used in these expressions. "Volver" is used a lot in relationships gone bad, ie: "Vamos a volver" (Let's get back together), "Vuelveme a querer" (Love me again) imperative.

Answer 2

You should watch Paralee's lesson on this. It's the next to last lesson in the Learn Spanish 3 area.

As far as I know "me vuelvo loco" = I became crazy and "me vuelve loco" - made me crazy. As for me pongo a llorar, I haven't heard it used but I would be curious to hear what a native thinks.

Edit: but I think me pongo a llorar would mean "I make myself cry" or more likely "I begin/start to cry". Whereas "you make me cry" would be "me pones llorar" or more likely "me haces llorar"

Gracias