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Date: 2013/11/22
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Spanish Word of the Day
Friday, November 22, 2013

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ilusión, noun
hope; dream; illusion

Apart from meaning hope, as we've seen before,

Llegó aquí con mucha ilusión.
She arrived here full of hope.

ilusión is also used to describe when we're feeling enthusiastic and excited:

¡Qué ilusión verte aqui!
It's great to see you here!

Dijo que tenía mucha ilusión por hacerlo bien.
He said he was really keen to make a good job of it.

In Spain in particular, ilusión is used with the verb hacer either when you're looking forward to something...

El viaje me hace mucha ilusión.
I'm so looking forward to the trip.

...or when something has really thrilled you:

Ganar a Navratilova me ha hecho muchísima ilusión.
I was really thrilled to beat Navratilova.

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