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Me gustaría intentar el juego, pero me da vértigo.

Me gustaría intentar el juego, pero me da vértigo.
I would like to try the game, but it gives me vertigo.
From Lesson 265:Verbs of emotional reaction (dar)·Spanish (Latin America)

Questions & Answers about Me gustaría intentar el juego, pero me da vértigo.

Why do we use me da here instead of a verb like 'makes'?
In Spanish, many physical and emotional reactions are expressed with the verb dar (to give) plus a noun. So instead of saying 'it makes me dizzy', you say it 'gives me vertigo' (me da vértigo). The me is an indirect object pronoun showing who is receiving the feeling.
What is the subject of the verb da in this sentence?
The hidden subject of da is the game (el juego) or the idea of playing it. Because dar works just like gustar here, the thing causing the emotion is the subject doing the giving, and you (me) are the indirect object receiving it.
Why is it me gustaría instead of just me gusta?
Gustaría is the conditional tense of gustar. While me gusta means 'I like' (literally 'it pleases me'), me gustaría means 'I would like' ('it would please me'). It is used to talk about hypothetical situations or desires.
Could I use probar instead of intentar to say 'try the game'?
Yes, and both are very natural here! Intentar means 'to try' in the sense of making an attempt to do something. Probar means 'to try' in the sense of testing something out or experiencing it for the first time.

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