No consigo imaginarme feliz.

Question

No drama here, sorry

I just wanna know how would you translate the title's sentence. I would say:

"I cannot imagine myself happy."

But in this case i really don't know how is conseguir used in that sentence. Even if my translation is wrong, i can't think of anything else.

Thanks for responses.

Answer 1

I think your translation is good- conseguir is being used as achieve:

I am not acheiving picturing myself happy.

I am not getting to the point of picturing myself happy.

But I think we would most naturally say something like:

I am not able to picture myself happy.

http://www.spanishdict.com/translate/conseguir

1. (to realize an objective)

a. to obtain

Consiguió la residencia y se puede quedar en el país.He obtained residency and can stay in the country.

b. to achieve

Ese hombre consiguió todas sus metas profesionales.That man achieved all his career goals.

:) - ian-hill, Jul 13, 2017

"No puedo imaginarme feliz" would be fine? - Daniel5841, Jul 13, 2017

That is similar, the senses are a little different, conseguir gives more of a sense of an effort being made, at least to me as a non-native. :) - bosquederoble, Jul 13, 2017