6 Accepting or declining invitations
In this section you are going to look at how to accept and decline invitations informally in Spanish.
Box _unit2.7.1
Here are some expressions you can use:
Vocabulario | |
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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.