Gustar

Question 1

to like
to please
to fancy
to enjoy
to taste

I really fancy your cousin. What’s his name?

Answer 1

Gustar

Me gusta mucho tu primo. ¿Cómo se llama?

Question 2

I like

Answer 2

me gusta(n)

For emphasis: (A mí)

Question 2

You like

Answer 2

te gusta(n)

For emphasis: (A ti)

Question 3

He/she/you (formal) likes

Answer 3

le gusta(n)

For emphasis: (A ella/él/usted)

Question 4

You like

Answer 4

nos gusta(n)

For emphasis: (A nosotros)

Question 5

You (plural) like

Answer 5

os gusta(n)

For emphasis: (A vosotros)

Question 6

They/you (plural) like

Answer 6

les gusta(n)

For emphasis: (A ellos/ellas/ustedes)

Question 7

When to use n

Answer 7

Instead of changing according to the pronoun, gustar changes depending on the quantity of the noun that follows it. This is why you’d say gusta for singular objects and gustan for plurals.
* Plural nouns
* more than 1 noun

Question 8

when there is no n on the gustar?

Answer 8

• Infinitivo (E.g. Jugar)
• 2 infinitivos (E.g. Salir and bailar)
• Sustntivo en singular (e.g. el futbol)

Question 9

Structure

We like fireworks. Literally: Fireworks are pleasing to us.

Answer 9

object pronoun + verb + subject

Nos gustan los fuegos artificiales.

Question 10

Gustar regular form

Jaime likes me but I like you

Answer 10

Yo: Gusto
Tu: Gustas
él/ Ella/ Usted: Gusta
Nosotros (as): Gustamos
Vosotros (as): Gustáis
Ellos/ Ellas/ Ustedes: Gustan

A Jaime le gusto pero a mí me gustas tú

The conjugation of the verb gustar is still dictated by the object of affection, but the problem is that your mind will want to connect the verb endings with the subject.

Question 11

to love something)

Daniel loved the game.

Answer 11

Encantar

A Daniel le encantó el partido.

Amar is more associated with the love of people while encantar tends to be used more in reference to things

Question 12

to cost

Answer 12

Costar

The verb costar can be used in two different senses in Spanish. The first possible usage has to do with money:

Esas zapatillas le costaron a Sara cuarenta dólares. (Those tennis shoes cost Sara forty dollars.)

Here we’re looking at the third person plural in the simple past tense because zapatillas (tennis shoes) is plural.

The second usage of this verb refers to difficulty:

Me cuesta subir la cuesta. (It’s difficult for me to go up the hill.)

The literal translation is: It costs me to go up the hill.

As you can see, the third person singular form, cuesta, can also be used as a noun to mean “hill.”

Question 13

to be a bother

Our roommate’s music bothers us so much

Answer 13

Molestar

La música de nuestro compañero de cuarto nos molesta muchísimo.

This false friend has been the cause of much confusion for many English speakers. The correct Spanish equivalent for “molest” is actually acosar.

Music here is singular, so molestar is also singular.

Question 14

remain

I only have three more classes left before I graduate.

Direct translation: Only for me remain three classes more and already I graduate

Answer 14

Quedar

Sólo me quedan tres asignaturas más y ya me gradúo

Quedar can also be used mean “to meet.” Here in Spain, it’s common to say:

¿A qué hora hemos quedado? (What time are we going to meet at?)

The literal translation of this sentence reads like: “At what time have we met?”

Oddly enough, this phrase uses the present perfect to refer to a future event. When translated directly to English it’s confusing since it sounds like something that has already happened.

Question 15

to be left over

There is a lot of food left over from the party that we had the other da

Answer 15

Sobrar

Nos ha sobrado mucha comida de la fiesta que hicimos el otro día.

Note that instead of han sobrado (which would be the plural version of the present perfect) we have chosen ha which is singular in reference to comida (food).

Also note that in Spanish they don’t use the verb “to have” when speaking of throwing a party like we do in English. Instead they use the verb hacer which means “to do or to make.”

In more slang terms, sobrar can be used to say that something is unnecessary. For example, if someone makes a rude or out-of-place remark in a group someone might say something like this:

Ese comentario sobra. (That remark is unnecessary.)

Question 15

to be important to

His family used to be important to him but now only his friends are.

Answer 15

Importar

• “Antes la familia le importaba mucho pero ahora sólo le importan los amigos.”

This verb, like many Spanish verbs, has a couple of different meanings including “to import” and “to be of interest.” However, the most common usage in Spanish is “to be important to.”

In this sentence where we move from the past imperfect to the simple present, the verb importar changes from singular to plural to accommodate first la familia which is singular and then los amigos which is plural.

Question 16

to bore

Baseball really bores me.

Answer 16

Aburrir

El béisbol me aburre mucho.

Besides the common meaning of “to bore,” this verb can also be used to mean “to tire,” “to annoy” or “to irritate.” In its reflexive form (aburrirse) the meaning changes to mean “to become bored” in a general sense. Here’s an example of the non-reflexive usage of this verb:

The third person singular is used here to refer to the singular noun béisbol. Remember that in cases like this, the article must be added before the noun (el béisbol) unlike in English where we simply say “baseball.”