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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