| In this lesson on learning Spanish vocabulary words | | | | that you miss someone. |
| and phrases, I will cover how to say "I miss you" in | | | | Me haces mucha falta. |
| Spanish as well as how to say "I missed" as in "I | | | | I miss you a lot. |
| missed the train." About a month ago, I received an | | | | However in Spain, they use a different phrase: |
| email from a reader who asked me how to say "I | | | | Te echo de menos. |
| miss" in Spanish. I thought that this would be an | | | | I miss you. |
| interesting topic to cover in a Spanish lesson because | | | | Spanish uses the verb "perder" for talking about |
| there are so many different ways to say "I miss" in | | | | missing a bus, taxi, train, plane, etc. |
| Spanish. | | | | Van a perder el metro. |
| First of all, I will tell you how to say that you miss | | | | They are going to miss the train. |
| someone or miss something in Spanish. When longing | | | | Ya lo han perdidio. |
| for a person or thing, in Latin America we use the verb | | | | They have already missed it (el metro). |
| "extrañar." | | | | The important thing to remember is that when talking |
| Te extraño mucho. | | | | about regretting the absence of someone, you should |
| I miss you a lot. | | | | use the either the verb "extrañar" or "faltarle" if |
| Usted extraña a sus amigos. | | | | speaking Latin American Spanish. And when speaking |
| You miss your friends. | | | | European Spanish, you should use the verb or phrase |
| El novio extraña a su novia. | | | | "echar de menos " if you want to say that you are |
| The boyfriend misses his girlfriend. | | | | yearning or longing for someone. |
| In Latin America, we also use the verb "faltarle" to say | | | | |