Learn Hardcore Spanish (Latin America): Nos gusta comer comida saludable para sentirnos bien cada día. - We like to eat healthy food to feel good every day.

In Spanish, the verb gustar works differently than many other verbs: it literally means "to be pleasing to." So instead of saying "nos gustamos" (which would be misunderstood as "we please ourselves"), we say "nos gusta" (something is pleasing to us). The subject of gustar is actually the thing that pleases, so "comer comida saludable" is what is pleasing to us.

Why do we say comer comida saludable instead of just comer saludable?

In Spanish, saludable is an adjective that generally modifies a noun, like comida (food). While you can say "comer saludablemente" to mean "eat in a healthy way," it’s more common to say "comer comida saludable," which means "eat healthy food." Both forms are correct but have slightly different structures.

What’s the role of para in para sentirnos bien?

The word para typically means "in order to" or "for the purpose of." In this sentence, "para sentirnos bien" indicates the reason or purpose for eating healthy food: "in order to feel good."

Why do we use sentirnos instead of sentir in para sentirnos bien?

Sentir means "to feel" in a general sense, but when talking about feeling in oneself, Spanish uses the reflexive form sentirse ("to feel (oneself)"). Because nos is the reflexive pronoun for the nosotros form, it becomes sentirnos. So "para sentirnos bien" means "in order for us to feel good."

What does cada día mean, and can we say todos los días instead?

Both cada día and todos los días convey "every day" in English. Cada día literally translates as "each day," while todos los días translates as "all the days." They’re used almost interchangeably in everyday speech, although cada día can sometimes emphasize day-by-day repetition, and todos los días can emphasize the totality of all days. Either works fine here.