Looking forward to....

Looking forward to....
 

Hola , ¿Cómo se dice " looking forward to.."?

I am looking forward to going....

Estar a la expectativa de... o estar esperando a...


Estoy esperando ir a...

Estoy a la expectativa de ir a...

I think there are many ways of saying this, depending on the context.


Some suggestions:

I'm looking forward to graduation.
Sólo estoy esperando la graduación.
Ya quiero graduarme. / Ya quiero que sea la graduación.

Juan is looking forward to visiting Mexico.
Juan está muy ilusionado con su viaje a México.
Juan tiene muchas ganas de viajar a México.
Juan quiere viajar pronto a México.

We're looking forward to a raise of salary.
Queremos que pronto nos aumenten en sueldo.
Ojalá pronto nos aumenten el sueldo.
Queremos que ya nos aumenten el sueldo.

Más formal y literario:
Anhelo un aumento de sueldo etc....

Gracias a todos vuestros consejos son buenos!

We want that our salary be raised already.

I have translated how I think each of those phrases should be translated... :D

I'm looking forward to graduation. :good:
Sólo estoy esperando la graduación. I'm just looking forward to graduation.:bad:
Ya quiero graduarme. / Ya quiero que sea la graduación. I already want to graduate:bad:

Juan is looking forward to visiting Mexico. :good:
Juan está muy ilusionado con su viaje a México. Juan is illusioned with his trip to Mexico.:bad: (illusioned with :bad:excited about:good:)
Juan tiene muchas ganas de viajar a México. Juan is eager to travel to Mexico:good:
Juan quiere viajar pronto a México. Juan wants to travel to Mexico soon.:good:

Queremos que pronto nos aumenten en sueldo. We want a salary raise (soon):good:
Ojalá pronto nos aumenten el sueldo. God willing our salary will be raised:good:
Queremos que ya nos aumenten el sueldo.We want that our salary be raised already.:bad::bad: We want our salaries to be raised immediately :good: :)

Hmmm, while I concur these are not exactly model phrases, I would like to know if people express themselves like this in England, because I have heard more than a couple of people here in the US, express themselves like this.

Maybe I am wrong too.

I can only say what is correct English English is. Above, a :good: is good English English, but a :bad: is not. Perhaps you have heard people in the USA using some slang such as

I am so looking forward to ...

Now personally I think this is terrible :yuck::yuck:, but it is personal choice. :)

@Perikles: What are exactly the :good: and :bad: for?? :thinking:

They were for the English translations, what I thought was correct or incorrect.

write, I mean right... what I want to know if you hear people talking that way in english....

I'll give it a try from my regional dialect's perspective. :D My suggested alternate renderings are purple and inside parentheses

I'm looking forward to graduation.
Sólo estoy esperando la graduación. I'm just looking forward to graduation. :good: (I'm just looking forward to [graduating/my graduation].)
Ya quiero graduarme. / Ya quiero que sea la graduación. I already want to graduate. :good: / (I want it to be graduation time right now.)

Juan is looking forward to visiting Mexico.
Juan está muy ilusionado con su viaje a México. Juan is illusioned with his trip to Mexico. (Juan is [really excited about/looking forward to] his trip to Mexico.)
Juan tiene muchas ganas de viajar a México. Juan is eager to travel to Mexico. :good:
Juan quiere viajar pronto a México. Juan wants to travel to Mexico soon. :good:

We're looking forward to a raise of salary.
Queremos que pronto nos aumenten el sueldo. We want a salary raise. (We want them to raise our salary [soon/right away/immediately]. We want an immediate raise (in salary). We want a raise (in salary) [soon/immediately].)
Ojalá pronto nos aumenten el sueldo. God willing our salary will be raised (God willing, they'll raise our salary [soon/right away/immediately].)
Queremos que ya nos aumenten el sueldo. We want that our salary be raised already. (We want a raise in salary [right away/immediately]. We want our salaries raised [right away/immediately]. We want them to raise our salaries [right away/immediately]. We want an immediate raise in salary.)

I think I once read somthing like estoy herviendo de..... for I am really looking forward to... And how about using desear?

Got it.

You can say that in English or Spanish, you can use desear or want or even wish. :)