How do you say, "He was getting...[some emotion]."

Question

How do you say, "He was getting mad." and "The dog was getting really excited." and "The woman was getting impatient with me."

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Answer 1

This is where pronominal verbs come in handy. You can use 'entusiasmarse' for getting excited, 'enojarse' for getting mad and 'impacientarse' for getting impatient.

Another option is that you can sometimes use ponerse + adjective - me pongo impaciente cuando .... I get impatient when ....

Eg. El hombre se enojaba.

El hombre se estaba poniendo enojado.

The man was getting mad.