Spanish for English speakers Clothes · Lesson 2

Pickings colors and sizes

Pick colors and express likes in Spanish — Me gusta el amarillo (I like yellow) — with the verb gustar and the most useful color names.

Conversation

  1. Rose Rose

    ¿Qué color le gusta?

    Which color do you like?

    Tip: <Cuál> = Which <gusta> = Pleases <Le> = you object formal The phrase translates literally into English as "which color pleases you?"

  2. Yaya Yaya

    Me gusta el amarillo

    I like yellow

    Tip: <amarillo> =yellow

  3. Rose Rose

    ¿Qué talla es?

    Which size do you wear?

    Tip: <es> literally means "you are". In Spanish, you "are" a size. <Che> is a word with many uses in Italian, but in this context it means "which?"

  4. Yaya Yaya

    Mediana

    M

    Tip: <mediana>= medium Here it's feminine because the word <talla> is feminine too

Common questions

Quick answers about this lesson's grammar and vocabulary.

How does gustar work in Spanish?

Gustar is backwards: me gusta el amarillo = 'yellow pleases me' = 'I like yellow'. Use me, te, le, nos, os, les + gusta/gustan.

Common Spanish colors?

Rojo (red), azul (blue), verde (green), amarillo (yellow), negro (black), blanco (white), gris (grey), rosa (pink), morado (purple).

How do you ask 'which color do you like?'

¿Qué color te gusta? (informal) or ¿Qué color le gusta? (formal).

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