emotionally

emocionalmente

emotivamente

emotionally(

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An adverb is a word that describes a verb, an adjective, or other adverbs (e.g., to run quickly, very tired).

adverb

1. (related to emotions)

a. emocionalmente

Daniel's friends worry that he's becoming emotionally unstable.A los amigos de Daniel les preocupa que él se esté volviendo emocionalmente inestable.

b. sentimentalmente

Many people get emotionally attached to their material possessions.Muchas personas se sienten sentimentalmente atadas a sus posesiones materiales.

2. (showing emotion)

a. emotivamente

One of the attendees of the meeting emotionally described his struggle with alcoholism.Uno de los asistentes de la reunión describió emotivamente su lucha con el alcoholismo.

b. con gran emotividad

My problem is that I react emotionally and always end up crying.Mi problema es que reacciono con gran emotividad y siempre termino llorando.

c. de forma conmovedora

Vicky sang the anthem emotionally and made the audience weep.Vicky cantó el himno de forma conmovedora e hizo llorar al público.

This refers to an idiomatic word or phrase for which there is no word-for-word translation.

no direct translation

The atmosphere at the demonstration was emotionally charged.El ambiente de la manifestación estaba llena de tensión emocional.

The president of the school gave an emotionally charged speech after the tragedy.El presidente de la universidad dio un discurso cargado de emotividad tras la tragedia.

3. (romance)

This refers to an idiomatic word or phrase for which there is no word-for-word translation.

no direct translation

My two colleagues wanted to be discreet about the fact that they were emotionally involved.Mis dos colegas querían ser discretos acerca de la relación sentimental que mantenían.

Researchers should not get emotionally involved with their research subjects.Los investigadores no deben llevar una relación sentimental con los participantes en un estudio.

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