Replies you hear every day
Three short replies keep a conversation polite.
| Spanish | when you use it |
|---|---|
| igualmente | to send a wish back: you too, likewise |
| enseguida | to promise something very soon: right away |
| con mucho gusto | to say yes to a request: with pleasure |
| Have a good weekend! Thanks, you too. | ¡Buen fin de semana! Gracias, igualmente. |
When someone wishes you a good weekend or a good meal, igualmente wishes it back. It also answers encantado when you meet someone.
| A coffee, please. Right away. | Un café, por favor. Enseguida. |
Waiters and shop assistants say enseguida all the time. It means very soon, not always this very second.
Taste and pleasure
Two uses of el gusto come up every day. Tener buen gusto is to have good taste in clothes, music or a home:
| You have very good taste. | Tienes muy buen gusto. |
In con mucho gusto it is the pleasure you take in doing something for someone:
| Will you help me with the suitcase? Yes, with pleasure. | ¿Me ayudas con la maleta? Sí, con mucho gusto. |
How food tastes is usually el sabor, not el gusto: el sabor del vino.
Excellent and wonderful
excelente ends in -e, so it has one form for masculine and feminine nouns: un profesor excelente, una idea excelente. The plural adds -s.
| He is an excellent teacher. | Es un profesor excelente. |
maravilloso changes like bonito: maravillosa, maravillosos, maravillosas.
| How wonderful this beach is! | ¡Qué maravillosa es esta playa! |
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