"¿Te gusta comprar algo?"

Question

Someone asked me, "¿Te gusta comprar algo?". What is that person trying to ask me? "Do you like to buy something?"

Answer 1

Your translation is correct, but if the two of you are at a store, what you are really being asked is "Do you want to buy something?"

It really should be ¿Quieres comprar algo?

In that contex, sholudn't it be ¿Te gustaría comprar algo? - Gocika, Dec 16, 2010

Hi dear natives, and why "Te gusta comprar algo?" is not correct to you? Does it have anything to do with kindness or grammar or what? - bomberapolaca, Dec 16, 2010

Answer 2

Maybe it is just me, but the sentence sounds weird in Spanish:

Do you like to buy something?

I mean, do you really say something like that? Not where I come from. People would say "¿Quiere(s) comprar algo?", "¿Le gustaría comprar algo?",...

Answer 3

Maybe the intention was to ask:

would you like to buy something? ---->te gustaría comprar algo

Answer 4

As I understand it, the direct translation is "Is buying something pleasing to you" In that case it makes sense. Though the gustaria is more polite. "Would buying something please you?"

Answer 5

Delete.

Answer 6

Well digging back into what I've learned so far it should literally mean "Does it please you to buy something".

Oh ya, please feel free to enlighten me on this. - Yeser007, Dec 16, 2010

Answer 7

your translation is correct and also means that "do you like shopping"or more. and we can explain this sentence by ía.

Answer 8

they are saying "would you like to buy something?"

That would be a translation for ¿Te gustaría comprar algo? - Gocika, Dec 16, 2010

Answer 9

I think they mean: Do you like buying (things)?, as in Do you like shopping?