How do you say 'he likes me' in Spanish?

Question

If in Spanish to say "I like..." we use "me gusta(n)", then to say "he likes me" will we say "Le gusto a él"???

Answer 1

"he likes me" will we say "Le gusto a él"???

Yes, this is correct

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Answer 2

Yes, I am pleasing to him=he likes me, but you should read some previous threads on the connotations of gustar in this context. You might be better to say le caigo bien. (caer). The nuances may be regional, so wait for a native's advice.

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Answer 3

Gustar only has 2 correct forms when used like this - gusta or gustan, depending on if your subject is singular or plural. It would not make sense to say gusto in this sense to a Spanish-speaker. You would say Yo le gusta a él ("I am pleasing to him").

I think that we have disputed that "gustar is only used in 3rd person" rule in several threads and you can find it challenged in several grammar articles online. - 0074b507, Dec 12, 2011

If you look in our dictionary you will not find gustar listed as a "defective" verb. - 0074b507, Dec 12, 2011

If yo is the subject of the verb in your example, how does gustar conjugate to "gusta" ? - 0074b507, Dec 12, 2011

"Gustar only has 2 correct forms when used like this" - pvrfederico, Aug 3, 2017

"Gustar only has 2 correct forms when used like this" This is, of course, not correct. "me gustaria", "me gustaba".... - pvrfederico, Aug 3, 2017

I think that what you mean to say was, that with this useage, gustar is used in the third person singular and plural. Of course, it neads other forms for other tenses. - pvrfederico, Aug 3, 2017

Answer 4

But as we know, with verbs like 'gustar', 'encantar'... the object acts as the subject, right? Therefore, if the object is the subject of the verb, shouldn't the verb be conjugated at that person? In 'he likes me', "me" is the object which will function as subject... and "gustar" being an AR verb, shouldn't the ending be -o as in "gusto"? Unless of course it just doesn't sound right...

Doing great until you chickened out with the disclaimer. - 0074b507, Dec 12, 2011

Yes you're right - le gusto a él - he likes me :) - Kiwi-Girl, Dec 12, 2011