How to Say ‘I'd really like to treat you.’ in Spain Spanish
Me hace ilusión invitarte.
meh AH-seh ee-loo-SYOHN een-bee-TAR-teh
[meh AH-seh ee-loo-SYOHN een-bee-TAR-teh]
🇪🇸 In Spain: This is a warm, sincere way to insist on paying. It's harder to refuse gracefully than a plain invito yo.
Phrase Breakdown
Me hace ilusión
meh AH-seh ee-loo-SYOHN
It would make me happy
It expresses genuine pleasure about doing something. Say 'hace' without the 'h': A-the.
Me hace ilusión verte.
I'm so happy to see you.
Words in this phrase
Me
[meh]
to me / me
Indirect object pronoun showing that something matters to the speaker.
Me interesa mucho saber cómo trabaja el equipo.
I am very interested in knowing how the team works.
hace
[AH-seh]
makes
To cause something to happen or be.
Hace frío aquí.
It is cold here.
ilusión
[ee-loo-SYOHN]
excitement; joy
In 'hacer ilusión', it expresses that something excites or would really please you.
Me hace ilusión el viaje.
I'm excited about the trip.
invitarte.
een-bee-TAR-teh
to treat you.
'Invitar' + 'te' (you) means 'to treat you' or 'to pay for you'. Stress in-vi-TAR-te.
Quiero invitarte a cenar.
I want to take you out to dinner.
Words in this phrase
invitarte
[een-bee-TAR-teh]
to invite you / to buy you (a drink)
Infinitive 'invitar' plus 'te' (you); in bars it means to treat someone, paying for them.
Quiero invitarte a cenar.
I want to take you out to dinner.
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