No. 2,670 in Portuguese
otimista
"Optimist" – someone who has a positive outlook and expects good outcomes.
In a sentence
Ela é muito otimista quanto ao futuro.
She is very optimistic about the future.
In this sentence, 'otimista' functions as an adjective describing a person's positive outlook or attitude towards future events.
Pessoas otimistas tendem a lidar melhor com desafios.
Optimistic people tend to cope better with challenges.
Here, 'otimistas' (plural form) is used as an adjective to describe a group of people who generally maintain a positive perspective when facing adversity.
Ele sempre se comporta de forma otimista.
He always behaves in an optimistic manner.
In this sentence, 'otimista' is used as part of a prepositional phrase to describe the positive manner in which someone acts or conducts themselves.
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