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la gana(

gah

nah

)

A feminine noun is almost always used with feminine articles and adjectives (e.g., la mujer bonita, la luna llena).

feminine noun

1. (inclination)

This refers to an idiomatic word or phrase for which there is no word-for-word translation.

no direct translation

Podría ayudarlo pero no me da la gana.I could help him but I don't feel like it.

Quiero cumplir 18, trabajar y ganar mi propio dinero para comprar lo que me dé mi regalada gana.I want to turn 18, get a job, and have my own money to buy whatever I damn well please.

las ganas

A plural noun indicates that there is more than one person, place, thing, or idea.

plural noun

2. (hankering)

a. desire

No tengo ganas de ir a cenar a un restaurante japonés.I have no desire to go to a Japanese restaurant for dinner.

This refers to an idiomatic word or phrase for which there is no word-for-word translation.

no direct translation

¡Qué ganas tengo de salir a bailar!I can't wait to go out dancing!

Me dan ganas de ir a las montañas.I feel like going to the mountains.

Examples

Phrases

deportista que gana un torneo	athlete who wins a tournament
lo que recibe el equipo que gana una competencia	what the team that wins a competition receives
cuando ningún equipo gana durante un partido	when no team wins during a match
de mala gana	reluctantly
de buena gana	willingly
tu equipo favorito gana siempre	your favorite team always wins
dar la gana	to feel like it
hacer lo que a uno le da la gana	to do what one wants
yo hago lo que me da la gana	I do what I want
hacer de mala gana	to do grudgingly
dar de mala gana	to begrudgingly give
cómo se gana la vida	what does he do for a living what you do for a living
Colombia gana la guerra a una vieja enfermedad	Colombia wins the war against an old disease
se gana muy bien la vida	he makes a really good living you earn a really good living
un equipo gana el partido y el otro equipo pierde	a team wins the game and the other team loses
Mi nieta es empleada de una empresa multinacional extranjera y se gana muy bien la vida.	my granddaughter works for a foreign multinational company and makes a good living
Julia gana más dinero que Lorna. Es porque Julia trabaja	Julia earns more than Lorna. That's because Julia works
mala gana	unwillingness
no me da la gana	I don't feel like it
persona que se gana la vida entrevistando y haciendo reportajes	a person who makes a living interviewing and producing reports