Verbs | Meaning | Sample sentence |
Aburrir | to bore | Me aburre ver películas (I feel bored watching movies) |
Agradar | to like, to be nice | Me agrada estar aquí (It's nice to be here) |
Alegrar | to make feel happy | Me alegra saber que estás bien (I'm happy to know that you're OK) |
Apenar | to sadden | Nos apena que tú tengas que irte (We're sad that you have to go) |
Apetecer | to feel like | Me apetece comer espagueti (I feel like eating Spaghuetti) |
Bastar | to be enough | Me bastó leer el primer párrafo para saber que era un genio (I only had to read the first paragraph to know that he was a genius) |
Caer, Sentar, Sabe mal | to put out | Me cayó mal que no me invitaran (I was rather put out that they didn't ask me) |
Compensar, Valer la pena | to be worth it | Te compensa hacerlo (It's worth you doing it) |
Convenir | to be advisable | Te convendría olvidar ese asunto (You would be well advised to forget all about this business) |
Corresponder, Incumbir, Competer | to be one's responsibility | Te corresponde a tí cuidar al niño (It's your responsibility to take care of the child) |
Costar trabajo | to be difficult | Me cuesta trabajo entender su acento (I have difficulties understanding his accent) |
Chocar | to be shocking | Me choca mucho que la gente no respete la ley (It's shocking that people don't follow the law) |
Dar + noun | to make someone feel… etc | |
Dar igual | to not care | Me da igual (It doesn't matter) |
Dar rabia | to make angry | Me da rabia que los niños siempre hagan ruido (The noise the children make drives me mad) |
Dar nostalgia | to make feel nostalgic | Le da nostalgia ver la casa de su abuela (Seeing her grandmother's house makes her feel nostalgic) |
Dar miedo | to make feel scared | A los niños les da miedo cruzar por la calle (The children are scared crossing the street) |
Dar vergüenza | to make feel embarrased | Me da vergüenza pedirle dinero a mis padres (I feel embarrassed asking money to my parents) |
Desagradar | to not like | Me desagrada tener que decírselo (I don't like having to tell her) |
Disgustar | to upset | Me disgustó mucho que me mintiera (I was very upset that he lied to me) |
Doler | to be hurt | Les duele que digas eso (It hurts them that you're saying that) |
Emocionar | to be thrilled | Nos emocionan ver películas de terror (We're thrilled about watching horror movies) |
Encantar | to love | Te encanta pasear por la playa (You love walking along the beach) |
Entusiasmar | to be keen on | Me entusiasma visitar España (I'm keen on visiting Spain) |
Exasperar | to be exasperating | Me exasperó tener que esperar (I found having to wait exasperating) |
Extrañar | to be strange | Me extraña que no lo sepas (I'm surprised you don't know) |
Faltar | to be lacking | Me faltan 3 dolares (I'm lacking three dollars; I need three dollars) |
Fascinar | to love | Me fascina viajar (I love travelling) |
Fastidiar | to annoy | Me fastidia tener que repetir las cosas (It annoys me to have to repeat things) |
Hacer falta | to need | Me hacían falta 10 dolares para poder comprar el libro (I needed 10 dollars to buy the book) |
Importar | to matter | A algunos hombres no les importa que su novia cobre más que ellos (Some men don't mind that their girlfriend earn more than them) |
Impresionar | to move, shock, surprise | Me impresiona el accidente (The accident has taken be aback) |
Interesar | to be interested in | Le interesa el fútbol (He's interested in soccer) |
Molestar | to annoy | Me molesta el ruido de la ciudad (The city's noise annoys me) |
Parecer + adjective/ adverb | to seem … etc | |
Parecer bien | to consider it right | Me parece bien que ayudes a tus hermanos (I think it's right that you're helping your brothers) |
Parecer injusto | to think it's unfair | Me parece injusto que no podamos participar (I think it's unfair that we can't join) |
Preocupar | to worry | Me preocupa que sus hijos no vayan a la escuela (It worries me that her children don't go to school) |
Quedar | to have left | Os quedan dos libros por leer (You still have two books to read) |
Repugnar | to be disgusting | Me repugna beber de un vaso sucio (I find having to drink out of a dirty glass disgusting) |
Ser + adjective | to be… etc | |
Ser imposible | to not be possible | Me fue imposible ir a la cena (I couldn't go to the dinner) |
Ser indiferente | to not matter | Me es indiferente quien lo haga (It doesn't matter who does it) |
Servir | to be useful | Estos zapatos ya no me sirven (These shoes are no good to me ) |
Sobrar | to have too much | No me sobra el tiempo para hacerlo (I don't have enough time to do it) |
Sorprender | to be a surprise | Me sorprende que no hables inglés (I'm surprised you don't speak English) |
This blog is generally for people who have already basic knowledge of Spanish and wish to improve their communication skills.
Tuesday, January 10, 2017
Spanish verbs like "Gustar"
As a new learner of Spanish, it's a real struggle to figure out how the verb "Gustar" works, however when you finally get the hang of it, you are on your way to your Spanish mastery. Here I have a list of some verbs that work the same way as the verb "Gustar"
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