Usages of triste
A menina às vezes fica triste quando não tem nada para fazer.
The girl sometimes gets sad when she has nothing to do.
Eu estou triste.
I am sad.
Mesmo que eu esteja triste, falo com a minha família.
Even if I am sad, I speak with my family.
Acidente fez o Pedro ficar triste.
Accident made Pedro sad.
Por que tu estás triste?
Why are you sad?
Eu acalmo o Pedro quando ele está triste.
I calm Pedro when he is sad.
Ausência faz-me sentir triste.
Absence makes me feel sad.
A minha personagem favorita é a mais realista, mas morre cedo, e isso deixou-me triste.
My favourite character is the most realistic, but she dies early, and that made me sad.
Eu preciso de companhia calma quando estou triste; a solidão aumenta a minha fraqueza emocional.
I need calm company when I am sad; being alone increases my emotional weakness.
Apesar de a letra ser triste, a melodia parece alegre.
Although the lyrics are sad, the melody seems cheerful.
Eu não gosto de rir de amigos quando estão tristes.
I don't like to laugh at friends when they are sad.
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