| Spanish > English |
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| tener ganas |
| 1. v. (idiom) to feel like, fancy |
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| No tengo ganas de bailar. - I don't feel like dancing. |
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| 2. v. (idiom) to want, desire |
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| 3. v. (idiom) to look forward to |
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| Tengo ganas de verte. - I am looking forward to seeing you. |
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| Analysis |
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| tener |
| 1. v. to have, possess |
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| Ella tiene seis hermanos. - She has six brothers. |
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| Tengo una pluma. - I have a pen. |
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| 2. v. to have, possess, to be (a condition or quality) |
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| Usted tiene suerte. - You have luck. |
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| ganas |
| 1. n. desire, wish, want |
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| Tengo ganas de un helado - I fancy an ice cream |
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| 2. n. enthusiasm |
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| Esto se debe hacer con ganas - This must be done with enthusiasm |
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| 3. n. lust (chiefly when preceded by compound verb traerle) |
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| ganar |
| 1. v. to gain |
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| 2. v. to earn |
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| 3. v. (sports) to win |
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| 4. v. to defeat, to beat |
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| 5. v. to reach; to attain |
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| gana |
| 1. n-f. (often, in the plural) desire (to do something) |
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| Tengo ganas de irme. (I've got an urge to leave.) |
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| Lo que me da la gana. (Whatever I feel like doing.) |
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| 2. v. third-person singular present indicative of ganar, it wins; it gains; it earns. |
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