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ganas

desire, you want

Noun ganas f pl

  1. desire, wish, want
    Tengo ganas de un helado
    I want an ice cream
  2. enthusiasm
    Esto se debe hacer con ganas
    This must be done enthusiastically
  3. lust (chiefly when preceded by compound verb traerle)
  4. plural of gana

Verb ganas

  1. Informal second-person singular (tú) present indicative form of ganar: you win; you gain; you earn

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Examples

  • Tengo ganas de salir, desaparecer, olvidarme de todo y de todos.

    I want to leave, disappear, forget everything and everyone.

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  • Claro que podría haber ido, pero no tenía ganas.

    Of course I could have gone, but I didn't feel like it.

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  • No tengo ganas de dormir ahora.

    I don't feel like sleeping right now.

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  • No tengo ganas de reír.

    I don't feel like laughing.

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  • Tengo ganas de matar a alguien.

    I want to kill somebody.

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  • No tengo ganas de salir a comer esta noche.

    I don't feel like eating out this evening.

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  • No tengo ganas de trabajar.

    I don't feel like working.

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  • Tengo ganas de decirle lo que pienso de él.

    I feel like telling him what I think of him.

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  • Siento ganas de llorar.

    Tears came to my eyes.

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  • Hoy no tengo ganas de trabajar, así que vamos a jugar al fútbol.

    I don't feel like working today, so let's go play soccer.

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