alguien está enojado
/alɡjen esta enoxado/from spelling rules
To say 'someone is mad' in Spanish, use alguien está enojado.
This phrase is used when a person feels strong anger or annoyance. Depending on the intensity of the emotion, you might use other terms: furioso/a is used when someone is extremely mad or furious and indignado/a is used when someone feels deeply outraged or offended.
Which one should you use?
The verb estar is used in this phrase because anger is considered a temporary state or emotion rather than a permanent personality trait.
Is there a formal and an informal way to say it?
While alguien está enojado is standard, you may encounter alguien está cabreado in Spain as an informal way to say someone is 'pissed off'.
Is it said differently in some regions?
In many parts of Latin America, alguien está molesto is frequently used to describe someone who is annoyed or angry. Additionally, alguien está enfadado is a common synonym for enojado used widely across the Spanish-speaking world.
How does it change in a sentence?
If the person being referred to is female, the adjective must change from enojado to enojada.
Did you know?
- In Spain, the informal term cabreado for being 'pissed off' literally means to be 'goated', derived from the word for a female goat cabra.
- While está enojado describes a state, Spanish has a specific phrase sacar de quicio to describe the act of making someone so mad they lose their mind.
- Across many Spanish-speaking cultures, a 'mad' person might be described as estar que echa chispas, meaning they are 'throwing sparks'.
Examples in context
- Está enfadada porque no cumplió su promesaShe is mad because he broke his promise
- Después de perder su dinero, el cliente estaba muy enfadado con el servicioAfter losing his money, the client was very mad at the service
- Estoy indignado por su falta de respetoI am mad about his lack of respect
- Está enojada porque perdió el juegoShe is mad because she lost the game
- Mi hermano está muy enojado contigo porque rompiste su reloj favoritoMy brother is very mad at you because you broke his favorite watch
- Estoy furioso porque arruinó mi trabajoI am mad because he ruined my work
- Estaba furiosa cuando se enteró de la mentira descaradaShe was furious when she found out about the blatant lie
- Parece que alguien está enojado contigo.It looks like someone is mad at you.
- No sé por qué alguien está enojado.I don't know why someone is mad.
- Alguien está enojado en la oficina hoy.Someone is mad in the office today.
Example conversation
Daniel and Elena are talking about a coworker in the breakroom.
- Daniel¿Viste la cara de Luis?Did you see Luis's face?
- ElenaSí, parece que alguien está enojado.Yes, it looks like someone is mad.
- DanielÉl siempre está así cuando pierde.He is always like that when he loses.
- ElenaEs verdad, es muy temperamental.That's true, he is very temperamental.
Sources
- IPA marked “from spelling rules” is derived from standard Spanish spelling, where Wiktionary gives none.
