Thread: please help

Could be! It's probably never a good idea to take informal writings too seriously for that very reason. But interpretations can be fun!

Whatever he meant, I have learned a new expression from this thread...echar de menos.

Originally Posted by exxcéntrica

By the way, this is the only expression we use in Spain to say to miss. Extrañar is not used in Spain, except for the adjective, extraño, meaning strange, odd.

Interesting Exx. The first expression for to miss that I learned was hacer falta (me haces falta) which I still don't use because to me it means I need you more than it means I miss you and is more appropriate for lovers than friends. But I have had native speakers in Central America assure me that it is OK for a friend to say me haces falta to another friend.

I wonder what our native speakers would say on this?

I just stick to extrañar to be safe.


I think I will ask this question in a new thread.