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Los verbos interesar, aburrir, gustar 1. The verbs interesar and aburrir function the same in English and in Spanish. ¿Te aburre el béisbol? No, el béisbol me interesa. Does baseball bore you? No, baseball interests me. ¿Te aburren los deportes? No, los deportes me interesan. Do sports bore you? No, sports interest me. 2. The verb gustar in Spanish works the same as interesar and aburrir. Gustar conveys the meaning to like, but its true meaning is to please. The Spanish way of saying I like baseball is Baseball pleases me. ¿Te gusta el béisbol? Sí, me gusta mucho el béisbol? Does baseball please you? Yes, baseball pleases me a lot. ¿Te gustan los deportes en general? Sí, me gustan. Do sports in general please you? Yes, They please me. 3. Gustar is often used with an infinitive to what you like to do. ¿Te gusta ganar? Sí. No me gusta perder. ¿Te gusta comer? Do you like to win? Yes. I don’t like to lose. Do you like to eat? Indirect Object Pronouns are used with the verbs interesar, aburrir, & gustar Indirect Object Pronouns me te le nos X les Mi and ti are used after a preposition: para mi and para ti. A mi me gustan. ¿A ti también? A mi no me gustan. Ni a mi tampoco. Examples to practice: Me gustan los partidos de fútbol. Te gustan los partidos de fútbol. Me interesa la clase de español. Te interesan las matemáticas. Me aburren las noticias. Te aburre la emisión. I like to read. You like to sing. Science interests me. Languages interest you. Basketball bores me. Soccer bores you.