Gustar in english
pronunciation: laɪk part of speech: verb, adjective
gustar = appreciate ; be fond of ; like ; wish ; love ; please ; have + a liking for ; be keen on ; be into ; strike + Posesivo + fancy ; fancy ; get + a buzz from ; take + a fancy to ; take + a shine to ; take + a liking to ; go down + well with ; take to ; be to + Posesivo + liking ; suit + Posesivo + taste ; dig.
Example: Most users would appreciate disciplines placed adjacent to related disciplines.Example: MARIAN EVANS, who wrote as GEORGE ELIOT, was at times fond of identifying herself as MRS. GEORGE HENRY LEWES, and eventually actually became MRS. JOHN WALTER CROSS.Example: But the incompleteness of information can be turned into an asset by challenging students to specify what additional information they would like and how they would attempt to get it.Example: Step 1 Familiarisation: A searcher must be adequately familiar with that which he wishes to retrieve.Example: All these novels are about young women meeting handsome men, at first disliking them and then discovering that they love them, with the inescapable 'happy ending' which means matrimony in these cases.Example: By polar contrast the book for the mass culture reader, the 'consumer', simply aims to please.Example: I have a liking for novels which use techniques for disturbing the usual steady flow of sequential narrative with perhaps a flashback or two.Example: Librarians were most keen on the self-help aspects of community information.Example: As one librarian summarized, 'people are not into the stuffed looking, dingy, dust smelling type of libraries anymore ... they expect atmospheres more like coffeehouses or nice bookstores'.Example: Most books for children are selected by looking along the shelf until an attractive cover, familiar author's name or familiar title strikes the reader's fancy.Example: He was popular because he was good at sport and talked a lot about girls he fancied.Example: How anyone can get a buzz from laying into someone is beyond me; it's not nice to see it happen - too many times have I seen people beaten up over nothing.Example: He is a collector who wants to form a collection by making his own paintings of pictures he has taken a fancy to in other people's houses.Example: She took a shine to Sheldon, and before he knows what has happened, the misanthropic physicist finds himself with a girlfriend.Example: He quickly took a liking to American clothing stores and acquired a taste for fast-food restaurants.Example: The recent High Court verdict banning hookah parlours has not gone down well with hoteliers in the city.Example: Who knows how the pony will take to it, or if she will even enjoy the discipline that your friend wants to train her for.Example: She had been searching for the appropriate gift but none was to her liking = She had been searching for the appropriate gift but none was to her liking.Example: My mother was someone who confidently hated anyone whose actions didn't suit her taste.Example: It's very hard work, but she digs it -- I guess if she didn't dig it, she couldn't do it.more:
» a mí también me gustaría tener la misma oportunidad = turnabout is fair play .
Example: The article 'Turnabout is fair play' discusses a clause of US copyright law that lets scholars excerpt for purposes of criticism, scholarship and education, as long as the excerpts meet certain criteria.» ciertamente me gustaría = I sure wish .
Example: 'I sure wish I had a better handle on this contract language,' he said.» dejar de gustar = go off .
Example: I went right off Hamilton when he referred to back markers as something like 'those monkeys who get in the way' half way through the first season.» empezar a gustar la idea = warm up to + the idea .
Example: Once I got a better sense of what was being planned, I started to warm up to the idea.» gustar a todos = suit + all tastes .
Example: We have a wide selection of stair rods to suit all tastes.» gustar la ceremonia = stand on + ceremony .
Example: Australians and Americans don't like to stand on ceremony and they will quickly move on to first name terms.» gustar la idea de = fancy + the idea of .
Example: Both particularly fancied the idea of Hughes as gamekeeper and bard of the primitive urges, whose animal magnetism drives women mad.» gustar las faldas = be a bit of a lad .
Example: Lee is normally a very quiet member of the crew, although we suspect that on the quiet he is a bit of a lad.» gustarle a Uno Algo = be amused by .
Example: The catalog user is perhaps not quite so amused by his/her inability to divine why it's not GALERIE MIKRO BERLIN, but BERLIN, MUSEUM FUR VOLKERKUNDE (WEST BERLIN).» gustar los formalismos = stand on + ceremony .
Example: Australians and Americans don't like to stand on ceremony and they will quickly move on to first name terms.» gustar muchísimo = love + Nombre + to bits ; love + Nombre + to death .
Example: But it was their first car and they loved it to bits. Example: I love her to death and don't know what I would do without her -- we have the craziest times together!.» gustar mucho = come up + a treat ; go down + a treat ; be fond of ; be a (big) fan of .
Example: The window frames appeared to have not seen the light of day for over 50 years and were totally caked in dirt -- although with some elbow grease the window came up a treat. Example: After only two days rehearsal we did a stormer of a gig from my point of view which went down a treat to a packed house. Example: MARIAN EVANS, who wrote as GEORGE ELIOT, was at times fond of identifying herself as MRS. GEORGE HENRY LEWES, and eventually actually became MRS. JOHN WALTER CROSS. Example: I've always been a fan of putting jam on my grilled cheese on toast (I think it's best with a chunky homemade apricot or blackberry jam).» gustar mucho las mujeres = womanise [womanize, -USA] .
Example: I just hope this guy does not beat his wife regularly, gamble and womanise and have illigitimate children like Karl Marx did.» gustar mucho lo dulce = have + a sweet tooth .
Example: The fact that cancer has a sweet tooth firmly points a finger at excess carbohydrate intake.» gustar una hartá = love + Nombre + to bits ; love + Nombre + to death .
Example: But it was their first car and they loved it to bits. Example: I love her to death and don't know what I would do without her -- we have the craziest times together!.» gustar + Verbo = be neat to + Verbo .
Example: I have always thought that it would be neat to take a trip to Israel -- as a Christian it would be so historically mind blowing.» hacerle algo a Alguien que no + gustar = get on + Posesivo + bad books ; be on + Posesivo + bad books ; get on + Posesivo + bad side .
Example: She is a friendly and sweet human being but if you get on her bad books you will witness the angry feminist side of hers. Example: I had to quickly diffused the situation if I didn't want to be on her bad books. Example: At times, she may also be deceptive, overbearing, irritable, and even tyrannical, particularly if you get on her bad side.» hacer lo que a Uno le gusta = do + Posesivo + thing .
Example: So when you next want to do your Thing and help more people with it, remember that fortune favours the bold.» lista de cosas que a Uno le gustaría hacer antes de morir
= bucket list [Relacionado con la expresión kick the bucket (estirar la pata)
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» me gustaría = I shoud like .
Example: From that perspective I should like to heartily endorse Mr. Lubetzky's comments particularly with respect to main entry -- author-main entries, in particular -- and ISBD.» me gustaría muchísimo = I sure wish .
Example: 'I sure wish I had a better handle on this contract language,' he said.» no gustar = have + a dislike for ; dislike ; be uncomfortable + Gerundio ; be uncomfortable with ; feel + uncomfortable with ; feel + uncomfortable + Gerundio .
Example: I have myself a well-known dislike for historical fiction; it is a genre that on the whole gives me little pleasure. Example: The opposite of the 'halo effect' -- downgrading someone you dislike but whose work is good -- is also an error. Example: Even though computer use is prevalent, there are still many library users who are uncomfortable using computers to do legal research.. Example: There are some librarians who are still uncomfortable with information technology. Example: This graphical user interface is particularly useful for users who feel uncomfortable with the database command structure. Example: In addition, many health care workers feel uncomfortable discussing the topic.» no gustar mucho = be not much of a .
Example: Now, I'm not much of a fish eater because I typically don't like the smell of fish.» nos gusten o no = like them or not .
Example: Like them or not, plaits are still in.» nos guste o no = like it or not .
Example: Like it or not, that's how it is.» persona que le gusta comer pescado = fish eater .
Example: Now, I'm not much of a fish eater because I typically don't like the smell of fish.» persona que no le gusta leer = aliterate .
Example: A study of seventh graders at a school in Texas revealed 3 categories of aliterates: dormant, uncommitted, and unmotivated.» probar si + Pronombre + gustar = try + Nombre + (on) for size .
Example: I took on this course in design to try it on for size, and soon found that it was an excellent outlet for me to harness my creative energy.» Pronombre + gustar + o no = whether + Pronombre + like it or not .
Example: Windows haters may snide at Windows 8, but the platform is gaining traction whether they like it or not.» ser lo que a Uno le gusta = be (right) up + Posesivo + alley ; be + Posesivo + cup of tea/cuppa tea ; be (right) up + Posesivo + street .
Example: For them enough is never enough, and any kind of scam is right up their alley. Example: As far as the younger generation is concerned, media is more their cup of tea than journalism. Example: She is known to be a good talker and listener so this role is right up her street.» ser lo que a Uno más le gusta = be + Posesivo + big scene .
Example: For the reference librarian his big scene is the reference search: the trap to be avoided here is over-playing.» si no te gusta, te aguantas = like it or lump it ; if you don't like it you can lump it .
Example: The G8 rule, and the rest can like it or lump it. Example: The US should come out openly and say to the world, 'We are the only imperial power, and we're going to rule you, and if you don't like it you can lump it'.» te guste(n) o no = love it/them/'em or hate it/them/'em ; love it/them/'em or loathe it/them/'em .
Example: Love 'em or hate 'em, you're stuck with your roomie until the end of the semester, until the end of the year, or until another dorm opens up. Example: Love it or loathe it, clay court tennis is the modern surface in Europe.