6 Accepting or declining invitations
In this section you are going to look at how to accept and decline invitations informally in Spanish.
Here are some expressions you can use:
| Vocabulario | |
|---|---|
| For accepting: | |
| Vale | Okay |
| ¡Estupendo! | Great! |
| ¡Claro! | Sure! |
| Sí, me encantaría | Yes, I’d love to |
| ¡Venga! | Let’s! |
| De acuerdo | Of course! |
| For declining: | |
| No, gracias. No me gusta… | No thanks, I don’t like… |
| No puedo porque tengo que trabajar | I can’t because I have to work |
| No me apetece | I don’t fancy it |
| Lo siento, no tengo tiempo | I’m sorry, I don’t have time |
Notice that – as in English – an explanation is often added to a rejection in order to soften it.