Portuguese Phrase
Os estudantes estão empolgados com isso.
Meaning
The sentence means ‘The students are excited about this.’ It conveys a temporary, emotional reaction of a group of learners toward something that has just been announced or shown.
When to use
Use this phrase when you want to comment on a group of students’ enthusiasm about a project, a new class, a field trip, or any news that has just been shared with them.
✦Grammar Breakdown
Osestudantesestãoempolgadoscomisso.
Definite article (Os)
Os is the masculine plural definite article, used before plural nouns like estudantes.
Noun (estudantes)
Estudantes means ‘students’; it is masculine plural, so the article and adjectives must agree.
Verb estar (estão)
Estão is the third‑person plural present of estar, used for temporary states or emotions.
Past participle as adjective (empolgados)
Empolgados is the masculine plural form of the past participle of empolgar, functioning as an adjective that agrees with estudantes.
Preposition com + demonstrative (com isso)
Com introduces the object of excitement; isso is a neuter demonstrative pronoun meaning ‘this/that’.
🗨In Conversation
Os estudantes estão empolgados com isso.
The students are excited about this.
Então vamos aproveitar a energia deles para começar a atividade.
Then let's use their energy to start the activity.
✕Common Mistakes
Os estudantes são empolgados com isso.
Use estar, not ser, for temporary emotions.
Os estudantes estão empolgados por isso.
Por isso means ‘because of that’; the correct preposition for excitement is com.
Os estudantes está empolgada com isso.
The adjective must agree in gender and number with estudantes (masculine plural).
↔Alternatives
Os alunos estão animados com isso.
The students are excited about this.
Os estudantes ficaram entusiasmados com isso.
The students became enthusiastic about this.
Eles estão empolgados com isso.
They are excited about this.
Cultural Tip
In Brazil, empolgado/empolgada is a very common way to say ‘excited’ or ‘enthusiastic.’ However, in more formal contexts you might prefer animado or entusiasmado. Also, note that estudantes and alunos are interchangeable, but alunos is used more often in everyday speech, while estudantes can sound slightly more formal or academic.