A + infinitivo?
I posted this earlier, but I'm still confused.
"A disfrutarse con este video." In this sentence, I don't understand what the "A" before the verb in the infinitive "distrutar" means. I know it has to do with someone enjoying themselves by watching a fun video, but beyond that I have no idea what the "A" means or why one would put it there.
Another example comes from a pokemon game I'm playing: "A luchar con entrenador Rico."
3 Answers
It's similar to "let's" in "let's play". The "a" indicates a command. I think It's probably a tacit "vamos" or "comencemos"
"a comer = "[vamos/comencemos] a comer" = "let's eat"
A ver.
Comunacho's answer is very good.
It's just one of those particles that you see, especially when starting a sentence.
If you read or listen to Spanish much, another you'll notice is "A ver..."
"Look..." or "C'mon, let's..." or "Let's get to it"
With friends about to tear into a few tequila shots. "A beber", or more often "A tomar"
In your specific example, it's like our practice in English of handing someone a book, or DVD or CD, or food or drink or anything else ostensibly enjoyable, nicking your head a bit, and clucking "Enjoy!"
Don't make it too hard and try to find an exact equivalent word. It's just a construct, a way of starting something off. If you must, then do as we usually do with 'a' and treat it as 'to' in the sense of motion towards something. In this case, motion towards starting some activity. Again, in your case, to start enjoying yourself.
hth roger
"A disfrutarse con este video."
"A luchar con entrenador Rico."
These could be clauses meaning "Let´s ....." or they could be clauses from incomplete sentences. Without any context we don´t know exactly unless we are in the situation and listening. In writing, however, it is abundantly clear if we write, ie: "¡A bailar, pues!" ("Let´s dance!"). Even in speech, using "pues" at the end of animating phrase is very common.
