triste (adjective)

Frequency star
  1. sad, unhappy
  2. sad, sorrowful (of an event, situation, or thing)
  3. gloomy, dismal (of a place or scene)

Los payasos tristes de ese circo me dan más miedo que risa.

The sad clowns at that circus scare me more than they make me laugh.

Es una historia bastante triste sobre un pulpo que perdió a su familia.

It's a pretty sad story about an octopus who lost his family.

El perro se puso triste cuando escondí su hueso favorito.

The dog got sad when I hid his favourite bone.