like

gustar

Disfrutar de algo o considerar agradable o buena a una persona o cosa.

En inglés sencillo: To enjoy something or feel that someone or something is pleasant or good.

• I like this song.
• She liked the food we made.
• Do your children like reading?

Cómo se usa: like someone/something (I like your new shoes.); like doing something (She likes swimming in the sea.); like to do something (They like to watch films together.)

Sinónimos: enjoy, be fond of

Antónimos: dislike, hate

Expresiones frecuentes: like something, like someone, really like something

gustar, sentir atracción por

Sentir atracción por alguien y quizá querer tener una relación amorosa con esa persona.

En inglés sencillo: To feel attracted to someone and perhaps want a romantic relationship with them.

• I think she likes him.
• He liked me, but I only wanted friendship.
• Do you like her enough to ask her out?

Cómo se usa: like someone (I think Tom likes you.)

Sinónimos: be attracted to, have a crush on, fancy

Expresiones frecuentes: like someone, really like someone, like someone back

preferir, gustar

Preferir hacer algo habitualmente porque parece útil o correcto.

En inglés sencillo: To choose to do something regularly because it seems useful or right to you.

• I like to arrive early.
• She likes to keep her desk tidy.
• He liked to check his emails before breakfast.

Cómo se usa: like to + verb (I like to check the doors before bed.)

Sinónimos: prefer

Expresiones frecuentes: like to check, like to keep, like to arrive

gusto, preferencia

Algo que una persona disfruta o prefiere; suele mencionarse junto con lo que no le gusta.

En inglés sencillo: Something that a person enjoys or prefers, usually discussed together with things they do not enjoy.

• We have different likes and dislikes.
• Tell me about your likes.
• Her personal likes influenced the colours she chose.

Sinónimos: preference, taste

Antónimos: dislike

Expresiones frecuentes: a personal like, someone’s main like

cosas similares, cosas por el estilo

En una lista, se refiere a otras cosas del mismo tipo que las mencionadas.

En inglés sencillo: In a list, this refers to other things of the same kind.

• Bring cups, plates, and the like.
• The shop sells screws, nails, and the like.
• Could you lend me a basket or the like?

Cómo se usa: A, B, and the like (We sell pens, notebooks, and the like.)

Sinónimos: similar things

Expresiones frecuentes: and the like, or the like

gente de esa calaña

Personas de cierto tipo, mencionadas con desprecio o desaprobación.

En inglés sencillo: People of a particular kind, mentioned to show that you do not respect or approve of them.

• Keep away from the likes of him.
• She refused to work with the likes of them.
• The likes of you have caused enough trouble.

Cómo se usa: the likes of someone (I would never trust the likes of him.)

Sinónimos: people like that, that sort

Expresiones frecuentes: someone and their like, someone and the like

semejante, igual

Persona o cosa parecida a otra, de la misma clase o comparable a ella.

En inglés sencillo: A person or thing similar to another, or belonging to the same kind.

• We had never seen its like.
• The town may never see her like again.
• Replace the broken part with its like.

Cómo se usa: the like of someone/something (I have never seen the like of this machine.)

Sinónimos: equal, counterpart, match

Expresiones frecuentes: someone’s like, the like of something, like for like

golpe de igualación

En golf, golpe que iguala el número total de golpes del jugador con el de su rival.

En inglés sencillo: In golf, a shot that brings your total number of shots level with your opponent’s.

• It is my turn to play the like.
• His opponent played the like from the rough.
• She was playing the like after his third stroke.

Expresiones frecuentes: play the like, the like stroke