Phrase · 🌠 Wishes and hopes
¡Échale muchas ganas al examen!
Give the exam everything you’ve got!
B1expressing wishesinformales-MXAudio · coming soon
Why every word is where it is
¡Échale1verbput (throw) into itechar · imperative · 2nd sing.muchasdeterminera lot ofmucho · fem. · pl.ganas1nouneffort (desire)gana · fem. · pl.al2prepositioninto the (a + el)examennounexammasc. · sing.!
- Échale → ganas: echarle ganas
- muchas → ganas: f. pl.
- Échale → al: le = al examen
Word for word: “Throw a lot of desire at the exam!”
Why it's built this way
The notes match the numbers above.
- 1echarle ganas (a algo) = to give it your all: the everyday Mexican way to encourage someone.
- 2échale … al examen: le anticipates al examen; with an affirmative command the pronoun is attached. Affirmative imperative →
Variations
- ¡Échale ganas!
- ¡Mucha suerte en el examen!