Spanish Expressions About the Heat: Talk About Summer Like a Local
¡Cómo aprieta Lorenzo! Learn the Spanish expressions about heat and summer you will hear on every terrace in Spain, with their meanings.
Autumn is a good time to start a new hobby and find out what you enjoy and what you are good at. If you are thinking of taking classes, you may need to talk about your skills. Do you know how to do that in Spanish? Here are four ways, from the most common to the least.
One way to explain what you are good (or bad) at is “ser bueno en”. Follow it with a noun or with the action in the gerund (the -ando / -iendo form).
This is the one students like least, but unfortunately it is one of the most used by native speakers. Follow it with a verb in the infinitive.
You can play with the intensity, too:
Another common way to talk about what you can do. Both verbs work the same way, followed by an infinitive, although they are used less than “se me da”.
You can also say you are “capaz de” (able to) do something. It is followed by an infinitive (always a verb, never a noun), and it is the least common of the four.
“Se me da bien” uses one of the many forms of “se”, the word students fear most. Get to grips with it in our guide to the uses of “se” in Spanish, and see how ser and estar change the meaning of what you say.
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¡Cómo aprieta Lorenzo! Learn the Spanish expressions about heat and summer you will hear on every terrace in Spain, with their meanings.
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