RSSIntroduce Emotion & Realism To Spanish With These Easy Spanish Phrases
Sep 03
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Expressing yourself with emotion is a key part of learning to speak Spanish like native speakers do. A part of the Hispanic lifestyle I really enjoy is seeing how native speakers express themselves with passion and emotion when they’re busily engaged in conversation! Today, you’re going to discover how to bring emotion into your vocabulary with a few really easy, common Spanish phrases all about expressing that you’re really keen to do something.
Ganas - desire – is a very popular word to express that you really want something or that you really feel like doing something. It’s used with the verb Tener and it’s got loads of practical uses and is a must-have phrase to add to your Streetwise Spanish vocabulary. Here’s a couple of essential easy Spanish phrases that make use of ganas that I’m sure you’ll have fun playing with to form your own phrases that reflect your likes.
Tener Ganas + Infinitive - To have a strong desire/To have an urge to do something
So:
Tengo ganas de tomar una cerveza fría – I really fancy a nice cold beer
¡Tengo ganas de ver la película nueva de Bond! – I can’t wait to see the new Bond film!
So simple aren’t they? For those times when you’re not in the mood for something, you can still use ganas:
No tengo ganas de comer en ese restaurante – I don’t want to eat in that restaurant
And if you want to turn the emotion up a notch, you just bring in two little words to ganas, it’s so simple:
Tengo unas ganas locas de besar a María – I’m aching to kiss María
Tengo unas ganas locas de salir de esta fiesta – I’m dying to leave this party
How easy is that? Just a couple of words yet they bring punch and emotion into your Spanish. Very cool, useful phrases to have in your Spanish vocabulary.
Vale, another very cool streetwise verb to add to your Spanish when expressing your emotions is ilusionar. False cognate warning! Ilusionar doesn’t translate as illusion!
The regular meaning for this useful verb is “to build up”. But the usage I prefer is for describing times when you’re excited, delighted, very happy, thrilled and enthusiastic and for these expressions you just use the past perfect form, like this:
¡Estoy ilusionado con mi coche nuevo! – I’m delighted with my new car!
¡Estás ilusionado con tu nuevo trabajo! – You’re thrilled with your new job!
¡Los niños están ilusionados con sus nuevos juguetes! – The children are thrilled with their new toys!
So easy to do.
I urge you to experiment with these brilliant Spanish phrases to reflect your own personal tastes as both ganas and ilusionar will add authenticity, depth and emotion to your vocabulary and they’re not difficult phrases to master at all. Forming your own phrases really is a great way to learn to speak Spanish as well as having a heap of fun as you go!
Hasta ahora.
