accept a proposal or an invitation to do something, while others, like cierto, eso es,
efectivamente, desde luego, tener razón, estar de acuerdo, are normally used
to express agreement with a statement, for example an opinion, made by someone
else.¿Qué te parece si vamos al cine? – De acuerdo/vale/bien/bueno.
What about going to the cinema? – All right/OK.
Lo terminaremos mañana. – De acuerdo/vale/conforme/bien.
We’ll finish it tomorrow. – All right/OK.Es un coche estupendo, ¿no te parece? – Sí/desde luego/cierto.
It’s a great car, don’t you think so? – Yes/certainly.Es una chica alta y delgada, ¿verdad? – Eso es/efectivamente.
She’s a tall, thin girl, isn’t she? – That’s it/exactly.
No deberíamos haberlo hecho. – Tienes razón/estoy de acuerdo.
We shouldn’t have done it. – You are right/I agree.Tiene usted toda la razón.
You’re absolutely right.
Estoy completamente de acuerdo.
I agree entirely.56.2 Expressing disagreement
The words and phrases most commonly used in the expression of disagreement are
the following:
no‘no’
no sé‘I don’t know’
no estar seguro‘not to be sure’
de ninguna manera/ningún modo‘certainly not’, ‘by no means’
¿tú crees?‘you think so?’
no creo‘I don’t think so’
no es cierto/verdad‘that’s not true’
no estar de acuerdo‘not to agree’
estar equivocado‘to be wrong’
¡qué va!‘nonsense’, ‘rubbish’
¡cómo que... !‘what do you mean.. .’Apart from no, which is frequent in most contexts, on its own or preceding one of the
expressions above, expressions like no sé, no estoy seguro(a), are used to express
mild disagreement with a proposal or invitation to do something, in contrast with
de ninguna manera/ningún modo, which conveys strong disagreement.Phrases like¿tú crees?, no creo, express mild disagreement with a statement, such as an
opinion. In the same context, no es cierto/verdad, no estar de acuerdo, estar
equivocado, are slightly stronger, although less categoric than¡qué va! The strongest
form of disagreement in this context is conveyed by the phrase¡cómo que... !,
followed by a statement similar to that made by the person we disagree with.EXPRESSING AGREEMENT, DISAGREEMENT AND INDIFFERENCE 56.2