Making Suggestions | Useful Spanish Sentences to Learn
Here is a list of basic and useful Spanish phrases to learn for conversation, with their English translations.
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| ENGLISH | SPANISH |
| In your position, I would do… | Si yo fuera tú, me gustarÃa… |
| … if it suits you. | …si te parece bien. |
| Can I give you a hand ? | ¿Puedo echarte una mano? |
| Can I make a suggestion? / May I make a suggestion? | ¿Puedo hacer una sugerencia? |
| Do you mind if I make a suggestion? | ¿Te importa si hago una sugerencia? |
| Have you considered… | ¿Has considerado… |
| Have you thought about… | ¿Has considerado… |
| How about …? | Qué dices… / ¿Qué te parece… |
| I advise you to… | Te aconsejo que… |
| I decided to follow your advice and … | He decidido seguir tu consejo y… |
| I reckon you should …Â now | Creo que deberÃas… ahora |
| I recommend …ing | Recomiendo… |
| I recommend (that) you … | Le recomiendo que… |
| I recommend that you… | Le recomiendo/aconsejo que… |
| I suggest you … | Te sugiero que… |
| I suggest you … | Te sugiero que… |
| I took your advice , and I … | He seguido su consejo, y yo … |
| I would strongly advise you to … | Le aconsejo encarecidamente que… |
| I’ll tell you what, lets…. | AquÃ, por qué no… |
| I’ll do that for you if you like. | Lo haré por ti si quieres. |
| If I may make a suggestion, … | Si puedo hacer una sugerencia… |
| If I were in your shoes, I’d … / If I were in your position, I’d … | Si yo fuera tú, me gustarÃa… |
| If I were you, I would do… | Si yo fuera tú, me gustarÃa… |
| If you need anything, … | Si necesitas algo, … |
| If you take my advice, you should…. | Si sigues mi consejo, deberÃas… |
| It is advisable to… | PodrÃa ser mejor… |
| It might be a good idea to … | PodrÃa ser una buena idea… |
| It would be a good thing to… | SerÃa bueno … |
| It would be better to… / It would be proper to… | SerÃa mejor… |
| It would be proper for you to… | SerÃa mejor si usted … |
| It would be sensible to… | SerÃa razonable… |
| It would be wise to… | SerÃa prudente… |
| Make sure to… | Piensa en… |
| Make sure…. | Asegúrese / Compruebe que… |
| May I advise you to… ? | Le aconsejo que… |
| May I suggest you … ? | Puedo sugerir que… |
| My advice would be to … | Mi consejo serÃa… |
| My offer still stands. / My offer still holds. | Mi sugerencia sigue en pie. |
| Perhaps we could… | Tal vez podrÃamos… |
| The best advice I can give you is… | El mejor consejo que puedo darte es… |
| What about… / How about (+v-ing) ? | ¿Y si…? ? |
| What I suggest is that we… | Propongo que… |
| What would you think about… (+v -ing) ? | ¿Qué tal si… |
| Why don’t we… ? | ¿Por qué no…? |
| Would you like to …? | ¿PodrÃas… / ¿Quieres … |
| Wouldn’t it be a good idea to… ? | ¿No crees que serÃa una buena idea …. ? |
| Wouldn’t it be better to… ? | ¿No serÃa mejor…? |
| You could … | PodrÃas / PodrÃas… |
| You could always… | Siempre podrÃas… |
| You might try …ing | PodrÃas intentar… |
| You must … /Â You have to … | Debes … / Tienes que … |
| You should … | DeberÃas… |
| You should perhaps… | Tal vez deberÃas… |
| You’d (really) better …. | Realmente lo harÃas mejor |
| You’d be well advised to… | Será mejor que… |
| You’d better make sure. | Será mejor que lo compruebes. |
| You’d better… | Más te vale / Será mejor que… |
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