No me gusta llevar la coleta tan tirante.

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Breakdown of No me gusta llevar la coleta tan tirante.

• gustar: to like
• me: me
• tan: so

Questions & Answers about No me gusta llevar la coleta tan tirante.

Why is it me gusta instead of yo gusto?

Because gustar works differently from to like in English.

In Spanish, gustar literally works more like to be pleasing to. So:

• me = to me
• gusta = is pleasing

In this sentence, the thing that is pleasing or not pleasing is the whole action:

llevar la coleta tan tirante

So the structure is basically:

• No me gusta + infinitive phrase
• I don’t like + doing something

That is why me gusta is correct here.

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Why is it gusta and not gustan?

Because when gustar is followed by an infinitive, that whole infinitive phrase is treated as a singular idea.

Here, the subject is:

llevar la coleta tan tirante

That whole action counts as one thing, so Spanish uses gusta, not gustan.

Compare:

• Me gusta nadar. = I like swimming.
• Me gustan los perros. = I like dogs.

In the first sentence, nadar is one action, so gusta.
In the second, los perros is plural, so gustan.

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