No me gusta usar mucha colonia cuando hace calor.

I do not like to wear a lot of cologne when it is hot.

Breakdown of No me gusta usar mucha colonia cuando hace calor.

• yo: I
• gustar: to like
• me: me
• cuando: when

Questions & Answers about No me gusta usar mucha colonia cuando hace calor.

Why is it me gusta instead of yo gusto?

Because gustar works differently from the English verb to like.

In Spanish, gustar is closer to to be pleasing to. So:

• Me gusta usar mucha colonia literally means Using a lot of cologne is pleasing to me
• me = to me
• gusta = is pleasing

So Spanish does not say I like X in the same way English does. It says something more like X pleases me.

Yo gusto is usually not what you want here. It would mean something like I am pleasing / attractive, depending on context.

What does the no do in this sentence?

No makes the sentence negative.

• Me gusta usar mucha colonia = I like using a lot of cologne
• No me gusta usar mucha colonia = I do not like using a lot of cologne

In Spanish, no normally goes directly before the conjugated verb:

• No me gusta...
• No quiero...
• No hace calor

Why is usar in the infinitive?