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tener ganas



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tener ganas
     1. v. (idiom) to feel like, fancy
           No tengo ganas de bailar. - I don't feel like dancing.
     2. v. (idiom) to want, desire
     3. v. (idiom) to look forward to
           Tengo ganas de verte. - I am looking forward to seeing you.
Analysis
tener  ©
     1. v. to have, possess
           Ella tiene seis hermanos. - She has six brothers.
           Tengo una pluma. - I have a pen.
     2. v. to have, possess, to be (a condition or quality)
           Usted tiene suerte. - You have luck.
ganas
     1. n. desire, wish, want
           Tengo ganas de un helado - I fancy an ice cream
     2. n. enthusiasm
           Esto se debe hacer con ganas - This must be done with enthusiasm
     3. n. lust (chiefly when preceded by compound verb traerle)
     ganar
          1. v. to gain
          2. v. to earn
          3. v. (sports) to win
          4. v. to defeat, to beat
          5. v. to reach; to attain
     gana
          1. n-f. (often, in the plural) desire (to do something)
                Tengo ganas de irme. (I've got an urge to leave.)
                Lo que me da la gana. (Whatever I feel like doing.)
          2. v. third-person singular present indicative of ganar, it wins; it gains; it earns.



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