emocionalni

Emocionalni is an adjective used in several South Slavic languages, notably Croatian, Bosnian, and Serbian, to mean “emotional” or “pertaining to emotion.” It describes people, states, or things characterized by emotion. The word inflects for gender and number like other adjectives, with common forms such as emocionalni (masculine singular), emocionalna (feminine singular), and emocionalno (neuter singular), and corresponding plural forms in everyday use. Examples include emocionalna reakcija (emotional reaction), emocionalno stanje (emotional state), and emocionalni sadržaj (emotional content).

In modern usage, emocionalni appears in psychology, literature, media, and everyday speech to convey both neutral and evaluative meanings. It can describe a genuine emotional condition or, depending on context, imply a heightened or excessive emotional response. The adverbial form is emocionalno, and the related noun meaning “emotionality” is emocionalnost.

Etymology traces emocionalni to the English word emotional, which itself derives from Latin emotio via historical linguistic channels. As a loanword, it has become part of standard vocabularies in these languages and is used alongside native terms such as emotivan or čustven in specific regimes, though emocionas and cognates are understood in most contexts.

See also: emozija (emotion), emocionalnost (emotionality), emocija (emotion).