Ser un maniático de la informática. For Spanish learners.

Question

This is a question for Spanish learners.

Do you know what is the difference between these two sentences?

Soy un maniático de la informática.

Le tengo manía a la informática.

I wait for your answers. Thank you for your participation.

category;) - 00494d19, Jan 12, 2011

*what the difference is* - Sabor, Jan 12, 2011

buen hilo nila, creo que en inglés es completamente diferente - 00494d19, Jan 13, 2011

Thank you, sabor. Why do I always forget that?. It's awful. - nila45, Jan 13, 2011

Answer 1

I have a mania for computers.

But that would mean: I am obsessed, right? I like them I could be on the computer all day....

In Spanish you would not go near a computer if you "le tengo mania"

Answer 2

Le tengo manía a la informática

I would have gone further :

I hate computers , they drive me mad,.

Answer 3

Soy un maniático de la informática. - I am fond of computers

Le tengo manía a la informática. - Computers get me mad

Computers make me mad (or, more colloquially, "drive me nuts") - samdie, Jan 13, 2011

Answer 4

It is the same as the difference between "obsessed with" and "obsessive about" in English.

not really - 00494d19, Jan 13, 2011

Oops, there is a big difference between tener manía a and tener manía de :red: - lorenzo9, Jan 13, 2011

Answer 5

Soy un maniático de la informática. Le tengo manía a la informática.

There is a saying A distinction without a difference. That is what you have here. Two syntactically different ways of saying something that do not resultl in a true difference in meaning.

hi sabor, well there is a very big difference in Spanish, veeeery big - 00494d19, Jan 13, 2011

Answer 6

Roughly the same as the difference between...

I am a maniac for computers.

I have a mania for computers.

In the sentence Le tengo manía a la informática, I find it interesting that informática would be an indirect object.

Answer 7

These lot about the same. maniático is one who has an obession with something. Mania is an obession