To miss something

Question

I miss speaking to you

Aw, I miss speaking to you too. Hahahaha.. sorry! You need a translation? I'm afraid you have to try to do it on your own, first. - NanakaTsípekua, Feb 17, 2012

Answer 1

There are two constructions used to mean: to miss someone or miss doing something

1 Echar de menos p.ej: Echo (mucho) de menos hablar contigo (Preferred in Spain)

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2 Extrañar p.ej: Extraño (mucho) hablar contigo (Preferred in South/Central America)

= I (really) miss speaking to/with you

You can use it to talk about missing other things, too

Extraño (mucho) trabajar contigo

= I really miss working with you.

or simply: Te extraño muchísimo /Te echo muchísimo de menos = I miss you terribly

I hope this helps

trabajar* amigo ;) - Goldie_Miel, Feb 17, 2012

Thanks Goldie, , simply a typo I havent succeeded in teaching my computer keyboard to read my mind, yet lol hahaha - FELIZ77, Feb 17, 2012

No problem :) I figured it was just a typo. - Goldie_Miel, Feb 17, 2012

Answer 2

Hi, petticoat.

The dictionary has this example:

I miss having a garden >> Echo de menos tener un jardín

I suppose you could say: Echo de menos hablar contigo

I suppose you could also say: Extraño hablar contigo. We'll see what others have to say. - Goldie_Miel, Feb 17, 2012

Answer 3

I miss you = yo te echo de menos

Or "yo te extraño"... in both cases you can write it without the "yo", because the verb is already talking about you - NanakaTsípekua, Feb 17, 2012

I know te echo de menos would be miss you but I do not know what verb you would use to miss somthing or to miss doing something - petticoat, Feb 17, 2012

Kking, you are correct in saying that: te echo de menos = I miss you, but no personal pronoun is needed here since echo is already conjugated to the 1st person singular = I miss :) - FELIZ77, Feb 17, 2012

Answer 4

Here is a nice thing to say to your loved one who has been away for a while. No te he echado de menos tanto porque sueño contigo cada día. I have not missed you so much because I dream of you every day.

Answer 5

perder is what you are looking for

Hi. "Perder" is more for missing an event, appointment, bus, chance etc. - Goldie_Miel, Feb 17, 2012

The heading reads to miss something, does it not ? - albert-fabrik-, Feb 17, 2012

Oh, it does. But what Petticoat wrote under that, in her post, is "I miss speaking to you". - Goldie_Miel, Feb 17, 2012

Well you would use perder if you missed a bus or suchlike, but not for missing a person or a pleasure etc. - kenwilliams, Feb 17, 2012