👉 How to express agreement and disagreement in Spanish?
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I. Grammatical structures
In Spanish, we can express our agreement or disagreement through multiple formulas:
*(NO) ESTAR CONFORME… ==> (Do not) Agree…
Estoy conforme con mi calificación ==> I agree with my grade.
No estas conforme con ese presupuesto ==> You don’t agree with this estimate.
*(NO) ESTAR DE ACUERDO CON… ==> (Do not) agree
La chica esta de acuerda con su papa ==> The daughter agrees with her father.
No están de acuerdos contigo ==> They don’t agree with you.
*(NO) COMPARTIR EL PUNTO DE VISTA/LA OPINION… ==> (Do not) share the view/opinion
CompartÃs el mismo punto de vista en esta polémica ==> You share the same point of view in this controversy.
No comparto tu opinión sobre la situación polÃtica del paÃs ==> I don’t share your point of view on the political situation in the country.
*(NO) COINCIDIR SOBRE… ==> (Do not) agree with…
Coicides conmigo sobre esta cuestión ==> You agree with me on this.
No coincidimos sobre el horario de la cita ==> We disagree about the time of the meeting.
* (NO) DAR RAZON A… ==> (Do not) agree with…
Damos la razón al periodista que escribió ese artÃculo puesto que es experto en este tema ==> We agree with the journalist who wrote this article because he is an expert in the field.
No doy la razón a su argumento por que no es basado en hecho cientÃficos ==> I don’t agree with his argument because it is not based on scientific facts.
* (NO) OPONERSE A… ==> (Do not) oppose…
Me opongo a la actitud agresiva de mi amiga ==> I object to my friend’s aggressive attitude.
No se opone a la injusticia de la situación ==> He does not object to the unfairness of the situation.
II. Expressing your opinion
The following structures and verbs are used to express an opinion, and thus, in a more relative way, agreement or disagreement.
– CREER + QUE
– PENSAR + QUE
– TENER LA IMPRESION + QUE
– PARECER + QUE
– ESTAR CONVENCIDO DE + QUE
WARNING: all these structures are followed by the subjunctive.
Examples:
– No me parece que el español sea más difÃcil que otra lengua ==> I don’t feel that Spanish is more complicated than any other language.
– Tengo la impresión que este sacando conclusiones apresuradas ==> I feel like you are jumping to conclusions.
– No pienso que compartamos las mismas ideas que ellos ==> I don’t think we share the same ideas as they do.
– Creo que te equivoques en tu análisis ==> I think you are wrong in your analysis.
III. General vocabulary
Yo también ==> Me too
Vale ==> Agree / OK
! Por supuesto ! ==> Of course!
Sin (ninguna) duda ==> Without (any) doubt
Sin (ningún) problema ==> Without (any) problem
! Desde luego ! ==> Of course!
Claro ==> Of course
Seguro que si / cierto que si ==> Yes, certainly
Yo tampoco ==> Me neither
! Ni hablar ! ==> No way!
En cambio ==> On the other hand
Sin embargo ==> However
Al contrario ==> On the contrary
A pesar de todo ==> Despite everything
Es discutible ==> It is debatable
Pienso que te equivocas ==> I think you are wrong
Formular un juicio distinto ==> To formulate a different judgment
Es verdad que … ==> It is true that…
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