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"Me gusta cocinar, pero no soy muy bueno en eso." ?

 

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Old April 27, 2017, 10:11 PM
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"Me gusta cocinar, pero no soy muy bueno en eso." ?

Does this:
"I enjoy cooking, but I'm not very good at it."
Translate into this:
"Me gusta cocinar, pero no soy muy bueno en eso." ?

( this is ment to be Spanish for spain)

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Does this:
"I enjoy cooking, but I'm not very good at it."
Translate into this:
"Me gusta cocinar, pero no soy muy bueno en eso." ?

( this is ment to be Spanish for spain)
I would use: A mi me gusta cocinar aunque no lo hago bien.
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I would use: A mi me gusta cocinar aunque no lo hago bien.
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"No lo hago bien" goes towards an acknowledgement of mediocrity. To match the "less than perfect" or even litotes-like nature of the original, I'd rather say:

"Me gusta cocinar, pero no es mi fuerte"
"Me gusta cocinar, pero no me destaco por ello" (meaning "quizás me destaco/destaque, pero no por hacerlo bien)
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