Thread: Echar de menos? Extrañar? Hacer falta?

What expression do you use to say "I miss you"?

Echar de menos? Extrañar? Hacer falta?


The following was taken from another thread:

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.

En la Argentina usamos "te extraño", "echar de menos" suena extranjero aunque se comprende, pues viene en los doblajes . "Me haces falta" es una expresión para decir "te extraño" más propia de enamorados y quizá pueda extenderse a compinches o cualquier par de amigos que funcionan como si fueran hermanos, pero en tales casos el decir "me haces falta" públicamente puede dar lugar a comentarios picantes. 06-14-2009 02:28 AM

Es exactamente igual aquí en Cuba.