gustaban

gustaban, liked, they liked

Examples

Pensé que a Tom le gustaban los acertijos.

I thought Tom liked riddles.

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A Mary no le gustaban los padres de Tom.

Mary didn't like Tom's parents.

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A Tom le gustaban las mujeres hermosas. A él también le gustaban el vino lujoso y los autos deportivos.

Tom liked beautiful women. He also liked expensive wine and fast sports cars.

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¿Por qué a los antiguos egipcios les gustaban tanto las joyas?

Why did ancient Egyptians love jewels so much?

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Tom le preguntó a Mary qué tipo de películas le gustaban.

Tom asked Mary what kind of movies she liked.

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Aunque no me gustaban las matemáticas, tuve que estudiar logaritmos.

Although I didn't like math, I had to study logarithms.

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Metódicamente, Dima lo intentó marcando los números desde el 962 hasta el 965, pero siempre se encontraba con el Al-Sayb equivocado, aunque a todos les gustaba la Fanta y no les gustaban los novatos.

Methodically, Dima tried dialing numbers from 962 to 965, but always ended up with the wrong Al-Sayib, though each liked Fanta and disliked noobs.

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A Cristóbal Colón le gustaban los torrentes de la bahía del Pirata, e iba a menudo a surfear allí.

Christopher Columbus enjoyed the torrents of Pirate Bay and would often go surfing there.

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A Tom le gustaban los caballos.

Tom liked horses.

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A ella le gustaban la poesía y la música.

She was fond of poetry and music.

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Pensé que te gustaban las fiestas.

I thought you liked parties.

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El artista del que te gustaban sus pinturas es un amigo mío.

The artist, whose paintings you liked, is a friend of mine.

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Me gustaban antes de ser populares.

I liked them before they were popular.

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A Cristóbal Colón no le gustaban los burdeles españoles, ya que le parecían sucios y demasiado caros. En su lugar, se iba al mar, donde era atraído (a propósito) por la canción de una sirena, y pasaba un buen rato.

Christopher Columbus disliked Spanish brothels, as he found them dirty and too expensive. Instead, he would go out to sea, get lured in - on purpose - by the Siren's song, and then have a rocking good time.

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A Tom le gustaban los animales.

Tom liked animals.

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Pero a ella le gustaban los niños y disfrutaba su trabajo.

But she liked children and she enjoyed her work.

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A Mike le gustaban mucho los animales.

Mike liked animals very much.

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Él me preguntó si me gustaban las matemáticas.

He asked me if I liked mathematics.

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Una de las experiencias agridulces de aprender idiomas es que, en algún momento, uno termina por descubrir que las letras de algunas canciones que le gustaban mucho a uno son simplemente estúpidas u ofensivas.

One of the bittersweet experiences in language learning is that, eventually, you find out that the lyrics of some of the songs you used to love so much are plain silly or offensive.

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Les gustaban los coches grandes.

They liked large cars.

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