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| psy88 Senior Member United States Joined 5385 days ago 469 posts - 882 votes  Studies: Spanish*, Japanese, Latin, French | Message 1 of 3 15 May 2011 at 1:03am | IP Logged |
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On one of the Mexican telenovelas, a young woman has two men interested in her. One asks her if she loves the other man. He questions her about whether she loves "amar" or "querer' the other suitor. On most of the shows I have seen the characters rarely ,if ever, say "te amo" but use "te quiero". Can anyone explain the differences,nuances, or other shades of meaning of these two expressions? I know "te quiero" can literally mean "I want you" but I have not found it to be used in a vulgar or demeaning way that the literal English translation might imply. I thought perhaps it meant more of " I like you" but I have found that it is used by lovers, mothers to children, etc.Thanks in advance for the clarification.
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| LatinoBoy84 Bilingual Triglot Senior Member United States Joined 5369 days ago 443 posts - 603 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish*, French Studies: Russian, Portuguese, Latvian | Message 2 of 3 15 May 2011 at 1:58am | IP Logged |
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Te quiero mucho = I love you a lot (as my friend, like if you were family)
Te quiero = I love you Te amo = I love you (family or very significant other) Te deseo = I want you Me gustas = I like you Edited by LatinoBoy84 on 15 May 2011 at 2:00am 2 persons have voted this message useful | |
| psy88 Senior Member United States Joined 5385 days ago 469 posts - 882 votes Studies: Spanish*, Japanese, Latin, French | Message 3 of 3 15 May 2011 at 10:23pm | IP Logged |
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Thank you LatinoBoy84
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