Did I use "darse ganas de" correctly?

Question

Did I translate this sentence correctly?:

"My boss made me not want to go to work anymore."

"Mi jefe me da ganas de no querer ir al trabajo otra vez."

Gracias.

I don't think that is correct, but please wait for some members who are fluent in Spanish (check their profiles) to answer. - Jubilado, Mar 4, 2016

Good advice mate , just for a laugh i stuck my neck out. - ray76, Mar 4, 2016

Answer 1

A common idiom "tener ganas" is usually translated as to "feel like" doing something.

Tengo ganas de ir a la taquería y comer una docena de tacos.

I feel like going down to the taco joint and eating a dozen tacos.

Mi jefe me da ganas de no querer ir al trabajo otra vez." I would replace "ir" with "volver"

Mi jefe me da ganas de no querer volver al trabajo otra vez.

The better translation is, "My boss makes me feel like not returning to work." Use present tense, it makes better sense here.

Big of you ! I knew about "Tnego ganas de" but not "ganas de " on its own. ,but I knew what i wrote would be wrong because it is a complicated structure well beyond me. - ray76, Mar 4, 2016

Answer 2

I have never had any luck using "ganas de " , so here is my take on it , but wait for

an expert.

Mi jefe me hizo que no quiera ir a trabajar otra vez

Mi amor, you really need to see my post. I'll vote for you anyhow. - Daniela2041, Mar 4, 2016

Answer 3

The idiom dar ganas used directly before a negative action sounds awkward. It would be more natural to say: Mi jefe no me dio ganas de volver / regresar al trabajo jamás.

Because of dar ganas, querer isn´t really necessary - it´s repetative. If you want to used querer, you could say: Por mi jefe, no quiero volver / regresar al trabajo jamás.

Is this better? Mi jefe me dio ganas de no volver / regresar al trabajo jamás. - garypopkin, Mar 4, 2016