"Tengo miedo a nada " O "Temo a algo"?

Question

No temo a las películas de terror.

I am not afraid of horror movies.

No tengo miedo de ellos.

Temer O Tener ?

Nice question, Ray. - Sassette, Oct 9, 2015

Answer 1

Of course there are various ways to say most things. In this case it´s only certain things in a horror film that scare people, so I would say: "No me asustan / espantan las películas de horror".

I love your answer. THere are most always more than one way to skin the cat. Here we have four words/phrases: tener miedo, temer, asustar, espantar. All can be used effectively. - gringojrf, Oct 9, 2015

Answer 2

I would say:

No me dan miedo las películas de terror.

Or:

A mí no me dan miedo las películas de terror.

Of course saying: "A mí no me dan miedo" is redundant, but it is commonly used in conversation.

:) - Sassette, Oct 9, 2015

es justo como yo lo diría - 000a35ff, Oct 9, 2015

Answer 3

Ray:

No temo a las películas de terror.

No le temo a las películas de terror

I am not afraid of horror movies.

No le tengo miedo a las películas de horror.

Also:

No me dan miedo las películas de horror.

Why would "le" be used? Isn't that for indirect objects and I don't think "horror films" is an indirect object. If anything, it seems like a direct object. In general the use of "le" can be very confusing to me. - Sassette, Oct 9, 2015

@ Sassette: Chileno has used a different, and correct, sentence structure in which "las pelis ..." is optional and only clarification but the pronoun is absolutely necessary, although he forgot the "S" - "les" - 005faa61, Oct 9, 2015

Julian, to me les and le are different. I used le. Research and see that your statement is correct. I do not know grammar. :) - chileno, Oct 10, 2015

Answer 4

I would say: No tengo miedo de las películas de terror.

I would say it differently but your variant is correct, save "las pelis" :-) - 005faa61, Oct 9, 2015

Thanks Julian. I totally left out "las". thanks. :) - rac1, Oct 9, 2015

Answer 5

Both "temer" and "tener miedo de' work very well.

(No) Temo las películas de horror. and (No) Tengo miedo de las películas de horror.

Temer doesn't need "a" unless you're afraid of a person. Juanito teme a los matones.

Juanito is a afraid of bullies.

I just saw Julian's post and I agree with him also. But that's coming from a different direction. The subject is now the movies. The horror movies don't scare me." - Daniela2041, Oct 9, 2015

Agreed but "No me dan temor" sounds more natural to me - 005faa61, Oct 9, 2015

Julian. Oh how Mexicans love to use Dar. I agree this is how most here would say it. - gringojrf, Oct 9, 2015