Breakdown of Me gustaría agendar una cita con el estilista rubio.
una
a, an (feminine)
con
with
me
to me / me (direct object)
gustar
to like
la cita
the appointment / the date (social/romantic outing)
agendar
to schedule
el estilista
the stylist
rubio
blond
Questions & Answers about Me gustaría agendar una cita con el estilista rubio.
Why do we use Me gustaría here instead of Quiero?
Me gustaría means I would like. It is the conditional form of the verb gustar. At this level, you can think of it as the polite, softer version of Quiero (I want). It is the most natural way to make a polite request for a service.
Why isn't the verb agendar conjugated here?
When you use me gustaría to say you would like to do a specific action, that second verb always stays in its infinitive (unconjugated) form. So you combine Me gustaría (I would like) directly with agendar (to schedule).
The word estilista ends in -a. Why do we use el and rubio with it?
Many Spanish words that describe professions and end in -ista (like estilista, dentista, or turista) do not change their ending based on gender. To show if you are talking about a man or a woman, you change the words around it. Since this is a male stylist, we use the masculine article el and the masculine adjective rubio.
I thought cita meant a romantic date. Can it also mean appointment?
Yes! Cita simply means a pre-arranged meeting. Depending entirely on the context, it translates to a romantic date, a doctor's appointment, or a business meeting. Here, calling a salon makes it an appointment.
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