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estoy preocupado

verbElementary

What does “estoy preocupado” mean in English?

  1. I am worried

Example sentences

  • Estoy preocupado por el examen.

    I am worried about the exam.

  • Estoy preocupada por la cita.

    I am worried about the appointment.

How to use it

Estoy preocupado means 'I am worried'. The adjective agrees with the speaker: preocupado or preocupada.

Common mistake

The adjective changes for speaker gender. Use preocupado for masculine speaker context and preocupada for feminine speaker context.

Reference

This entry’s teaching guidance follows A New Reference Grammar of Modern Spanish (Butt, Benjamin & Moreira Rodríguez, Routledge), 3.