Breakdown of Me gusta disfrutar del día bonito.
yo
I
el día
the day
gustar
to like
del
of the
bonito
beautiful
disfrutar
to enjoy
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Why do we use me gusta instead of something like yo gusto to say “I like”?
In Spanish, gustar literally means “to be pleasing.” So instead of saying “I like,” you grammatically say “It is pleasing to me.” That’s why the sentence uses me (to me) with gusta (it pleases). It’s the typical structure whenever you talk about likes or dislikes.
Why do we say del día bonito instead of de el día bonito?
Whenever you see de followed by the article el, they combine into del (contraction). For example, de + el → del. It’s a standard rule in Spanish, similar to how a + el becomes al.
Could we say disfrutar de un día bonito instead of disfrutar del día bonito?
Yes, you could. Disfrutar de un día bonito means “to enjoy a (beautiful) day” in a more general sense. Disfrutar del día bonito implies you’re specifically enjoying the day that is currently nice or already mentioned.
Why does bonito agree with día?
Día is masculine in Spanish (even though it ends with "-a"). Therefore, we use the masculine form of the adjective, bonito, instead of bonita.
Is there a difference between disfrutar and disfrutar de?
When you say disfrutar by itself, it often works like “to enjoy” in a general sense. In many contexts, you’ll hear disfrutar de algo, meaning “to enjoy something.” Both are correct, but disfrutar de followed by a noun is very common in standard Spanish usage.
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