G A M E Soñar con - To dream about A - Z

Question

An easy A - Z game to help us remember that it's soñar 'con' in Spanish to mean dream 'about':

How to play:

Click on newest.

Following on alphabetically choose something that could be dreamt about.

Then conjugate soñar into what ever tense and for whichever person you like and add what you or they dream about.

Conjugate soñar

Give the English and Spanish versions.

Feel free to post a picture too

The posts should look like this.

A - agua

Sueño con el agua.

I dream about water.

(as any good mermaid would )

• "As" any good mermaid would. - Sabor Dec 7, 2010
• je je gracias, as my Spanish improves my English goes down the drain! :) - Kiwi_Girl Dec 8, 2010
• Hi, MC! It´s good to see you back n your natural enviroment - JulianChivi Dec 8, 2010
• :) - Kiwi_Girl Dec 9, 2010

Answer 1

H - Hablar

Soñé con hablar español como Miguel de Cervantes.

I dreamed of speaking Spanish as Miguel de Cervantes.

• what a cool picture! - culé Dec 7, 2010
• ditto. Every time I look at the pic, I see something new. - LKELLY Dec 8, 2010
• Just the same, every day, every effort, I learn something new! - sv2qp Dec 8, 2010

Answer 2

D - día

Sueño con un día en la playa.

I am dreaming about a day at the beach.

• I hope you spend a great one soon :) - lovely_lovel Dec 7, 2010
• Thankyou Lovely. - edpantoot Dec 7, 2010
• That use of the progressive form is a good poetic license (while in English it is normal); it gives it more vividness. However, we normally just say "Sueño con..." - lazarus1907 Dec 7, 2010
• Gracias lazarus. - edpantoot Dec 7, 2010

Answer 3

F - Fénix

Soñaba con volar como el ave fénix.

I dreamed of flying like a phoenix.

• This looks like the Wow :D - culé Dec 7, 2010

Answer 4

G - ganar

Mucha gente sueña con ganar la lotería.

Many people dream about winning the lottery.

• Cada día, mi amiga, cada día! - --Mariana-- Dec 7, 2010
• ...jeje:)...ya lo sabes amiga, nunca debemos perder la esperanza:) - luz_72 Dec 7, 2010

Answer 5

B. Soñamos con los bebés (los nietos).

We dream of babies (grandchildren).

• Nice pic Sandy, remember though that it's an A-Z game, your letter would be 'B' - could you change it to 'soñamos con .....something starting with B? :) - Kiwi_Girl Dec 7, 2010
• ah well done :) - Kiwi_Girl Dec 7, 2010
• Sorry, it takes me a few minutes. I got it now. - sanlee Dec 7, 2010

Answer 6

E - extranjero

Mi hija sueña con ir al extranjero sola.

My daughter dreams about going abroad by herself.

• that's me that's me!! :) - culé Dec 7, 2010

Answer 7

K = Kárate

Soñaba con ser profesor de kárate.

( I dreamed of being a karaté teacher. )

Answer 8

N - nabo - turnip

Sueño con un día ser dueño de un nabo de la mía.

I dream of one day having a turnip of my own.

(if anyone has watched Black Adder then they'll know what I'm talking about.)

• Yes! The young Rowan Atkinson before he was "Mr. Bean" - love it :) - pesta Dec 8, 2010
• I loved that show? I wish I could find it again. - LKELLY Dec 8, 2010
• have you tried youtube? - Kiwi_Girl Dec 8, 2010
• Found it. Thank you Kiwi Girl. - LKELLY Dec 8, 2010

Answer 9

B - barco

Soñé con el barco de vela.

I dreamt of the sailboat.

• No fair changing your letter!! - aprender100 Dec 7, 2010
• It looks like a dream too :) Bien hecho, we have a double 'b' but better two than none :) - Kiwi_Girl Dec 7, 2010
• but you fell into our little trap aprender - soñar con not de :) - Kiwi_Girl Dec 7, 2010
• Con it is. The trap was worth it! - aprender100 Dec 7, 2010

Answer 10

Inglés

He soñado con gente que no hable el inglés ni el español.

I have dreamed about people who speak neither English nor Spanish.

• Post titled "Iglés" - typo. - pesta Dec 7, 2010
• Thanks! - --Mariana-- Dec 7, 2010
• would you need the def article 'la' gente? I'm not sure, just asking :) - Kiwi_Girl Dec 7, 2010

Answer 11

L

He .soñado.con toda la noche de los libros en español

I have dreamed all night of Spanish books.

• Hola Sanlee. ...soñado...con ... - edpantoot Dec 7, 2010
• Gracias edpantoot! - sanlee Dec 7, 2010
• ¿Por qué necesitamos la palabra "con"? - sanlee Dec 7, 2010
• good call Sandy, I think you're right, because you're not saying I have dreamt 'about' or 'of' I think you're right that the 'con' wouldn't be necessary. Perhaps a native will weigh in here :) - Kiwi_Girl Dec 8, 2010

Answer 12

S

Sueño con el silencio.

I dream of silence.

Answer 13

C - coche

Sueño con un coche nuevo.

I dream about a new car. (Lexus Hybrid)

• The Acura has much better accelleration...much more responsive. - Echoline Dec 7, 2010
• Thanks, Cathy, I'll have that in mind when going to the dealers:) - luz_72 Dec 9, 2010

Answer 14

J - jeringuilla

Una vez soñé con una enfermera persiguéndome con una jeringuilla en su mano. ¡Qué horror!

One time I dreamt about a nurse chasing me with a syringe in her hand. How awful!

• ja ja :) - Kiwi_Girl Dec 7, 2010

Answer 15

M

Soñaban con ganar este concurso de bandas de marcha.

They dreamed of winning this marching band contest.