I have to be passionate.

Question

Hola! Tengo pregunta,

how do you say in Spanish the statement above?
To be successful, "I have to be passionate"

Muchas gracias!! :D

Answer 1

steve said:

I'm always looking for a way around choosing between ser and estár, and what I thought of immediately was: I need to have a passion for it. If I'm to succeed. Can you "tener pasión de/por/para algo"(and if so which preposition would apply?

We need more context, but we don't use that construction for everything:

Tengo pasión por el deporte = I am passionate about sports
El deporte me apasiona
Soy un apasionado del deporte

Answer 2

I'm always looking for a way around choosing between ser and estár, and what I thought of immediately was: I need to have a passion for it. If I'm to succeed. Can you "tener pasión de/por/para algo"(and if so which preposition would apply'

Answer 3

Natasha said:

You might say, "Tengo que estar apasionada." However, you'll get better answers if you provide more context, as you can see from the dictionary entry for passionate. http://www.spanishdict.com/translate/passionate

I clicked on your link, and I found... bugs!

The word "mohíno" should have a stress mark, otherwise it would sound as MOi-no, instead of Mo-hí-no. This word as an adjective, by the way, means sad and depressed. In Spain it is a slang for the as'''le.

This Velázquez seems to have made lots of mistakes.

Answer 4

I agree that in this particular context, the correct verb would probably be ser, rather than estar, although as Natasha says, without more context it's impossible to say for certain.

Answer 5

Para tener exito, es muy importante ser apasionado.

Answer 6

You might say, "Tengo que estar apasionada." However, you'll get better answers if you provide more context, as you can see from the dictionary entry for passionate.

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