C贸mo se usa rather聽en ingl茅s
Hoy abro una nueva p谩gina de mi cuaderno quincenal para explicarte c贸mo se usa rather en ingl茅s y presentarte esta bonita palabra que, como vas a ver, es muy polivalente.
Comprobar谩s que rather tiene m煤ltiples usos y significados y que, gramaticalmente, puede resultar… rather confusing!
A continuaci贸n, vamos a ver c贸mo podemos usar esta palabra y cu谩les son sus distintos significados.
Recuerda que tambi茅n puedes escuchar este contenido en la pesta帽a de Podcasts de mi web聽y en Spotify:聽
Vayamos por partes, por orden de menor a mayor dificultad.
En la entrada de hoy:
1. C贸mo se pronuncia rather聽
- Antes de pasar a explicarte c贸mo se usa rather en ingl茅s, d茅jame que empiece record谩ndote que la –a se pronuncia aqu铆 como una vocal larga (/蓱藧/).
- Adem谩s, para su correcta pronunciaci贸n deber铆as sacar la lengua ligeramente entre los dientes al leer la –th (no es como three, sino como this).
- Por 煤ltimo, la terminaci贸n –er puede sonar como una schwa (/蓹/, es decir, una especie de ‘a’ un poco perezosa), o con su -r聽 final, en su versi贸n americana, irlandesa, etc. Escucha la diferencia:
馃攰 rather (UK)
馃攰 rather (US)
2. Rather para precisar聽
Un primer uso de rather es el de precisar o corregir algo que se ha dicho anteriormente.
Suele ir acompa帽ado de la conjunci贸n or (or rather).
En este sentido, su traducci贸n aproximada podr铆a ser: m谩s bien, sino o mejor dicho, para ser m谩s exactos, etc.
Ejemplos:
Thanks to his efforts,聽or rather the efforts of his employees, they made a decent profit.
Gracias a sus esfuerzos o, m谩s bien, gracias a los esfuerzos de sus empleados, lograron unos beneficios considerables.
We all went in Dave’s car, or rather聽his father鈥檚. Fuimos todos en el coche de Dave, o mejor dicho, en el (coche) de su padre.
En general, para precisar en vez de corregir, utilizamos m谩s frecuentemente rather than. Observa:
It’s a mansion rather than a house. Es m谩s bien una mansi贸n que una casa./M谩s que una casa es una mansi贸n.
3. Rather como adverbio de grado
Este es tal vez el significado m谩s 芦famoso禄 de rather.
Como adverbio, rather se utiliza para modificar la intensidad o el grado de un adjetivo o de otro adverbio.
Puede traducirse por: bastante, un tanto, un poco, m谩s bien, algo… y, por consiguiente, se parece mucho a quite.
Pero ve谩moslo en contexto:
Ejemplos:
She was rather nervous before the exam. Estaba bastante nerviosa antes del examen.聽
The woman was driving rather slowly and caused a traffic jam. La se帽ora conduc铆a bastante despacio y provoc贸 un atasco.聽聽
My father was rather disappointed when I failed my driving test. Mi padre se qued贸 un tanto decepcionado cuando suspend铆 el examen de conducir.聽聽
4. C贸mo se usa rather para expresar preferencias
Nos adentramos ahora en la parte m谩s complicada de la lecci贸n. Intentar茅 hacer la explicaci贸n muy digerible, pero esta parte la tendr谩s que practicar, I’m afraid…
Para empezar debes saber que, hablando de preferencias, rather significa precisamente eso: preferir.
Peeeerooooo, no va a ser tan sencillo.聽 Ya te lo advert铆.
Si quieres saber c贸mo se usa rather para expresar tus preferencias recuerda que debes utilizarlo siempre detr谩s del auxiliar WOULD.
Mira 馃憠:
芦I would rather禄 o 芦I’d rather禄
Ejemplos:
I’d rather drink tea than coffee. Preferir铆a beber t茅 que caf茅.聽聽
A: Would you like to go to the cinema tonight? 驴Te apetece ir al cine esta noche?
B: No, I’d rather stay at home. No. Prefiero quedarme en casa.聽 聽
脕ndate con mucho ojo, porque esto:聽
馃毇*I rather… 馃毇
聽隆NO es correcto!
聽馃 Y, entonces, 驴c贸mo se usa rather en ingl茅s, Luc铆a?
- Pues ver谩s: en general, lo usaremos seguido de infinitivo SIN to聽cuando el sujeto de ambos verbos (rather y el otro) es el mismo, es decir, cuando yo prefiero hacer algo:聽
Ejemplos:聽
I’d rather eat a paella on Sunday. Preferir铆a comer paella el domingo. (El sujeto de preferir y de comer es en ambos casos ‘yo’).
I’d rather not eat a paella on Sunday. Preferir铆a no comer paella el domingo.聽
I’d rather (not) have eaten a soup instead. Preferir铆a (no) haber comido una sopa. (馃憖Observa que en este caso utilizamos el infinitivo compuesto, have eaten, para hablar de una preferencia en el pasado)聽
- Sin embargo, cuando prefiero que otra persona haga algo (dos sujetos distintos) debo utilizar rather + simple past (que en realidad es un subjuntivo, como en espa帽ol):聽
I‘d rather you cooked paella on Sunday. Preferir铆a que cocinases paella el domingo. (el sujeto de preferir y de cocinar es ahora distinto).聽
I‘d rather you didn’t wear my new T-shirt. Preferir铆a que no te pusieras mi camiseta nueva.聽 聽
I‘d rather you had asked for it beforehand. Preferir铆a que me la hubieras pedido antes. (馃憖F铆jate que, como hablamos del pasado, aqu铆 usamos el past perfect= had asked.)聽聽
- 鈿狅笍Como has visto, would rather significa exactamente lo mismo que would prefer, solo que este segundo verbo va seguido de infinitivo CON to. Compara:聽
I‘d rather have online classes. BUT I‘d prefer TO have online classes. Preferir铆a hacer las clases online.
- Una construcci贸n equivalente a I’d rather es I’d sooner:
Ejemplo:聽
I don鈥檛 really want to go back to France again this year. I鈥檇聽sooner go to Italy.聽La verdad es que este a帽o no me apetece volver a Francia. Preferir铆a ir a Italia.
5. Otros usos de rather
- Tambi茅n puedes usar rather + verbo para a帽adir 茅nfasis, sobre todo con verbos como enjoy, hope y like:
Ejemplos:聽
I聽was rather hoping聽you’d take me with you. La verdad es que esperaba que me llevaras contigo.
We rather liked the idea of moving to New Zealand. Nos gustaba bastante la idea de mudarnos a Nueva Zelanda.聽
- Un uso curioso de rather (solo en ingl茅s brit谩nico) es el de interjecci贸n, con el significado de 隆Por supuesto!, 隆Y tanto que s铆!
Ejemplo:
Would I like another chocolate? Rather! 驴Que si quiero otro bomb贸n? 隆Por supuesto!聽
Para recordar:

Resumen sobre rather
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Si quieres escuchar c贸mo se usa rather en contexto, te propongo que pinches en el enlace que te dejo a continuaci贸n. Esta herramienta (Youglish) te permite ver el uso de una palabra en distintas situaciones. Te reto a averiguar cu谩l de los usos que hemos visto de rather utiliza el ponente en cada ocasi贸n. Let’s do it!
https://es.youglish.com/pronounce/rather/english?
Y hasta aqu铆 la lecci贸n de hoy.
Con esta explicaci贸n ya tienes el punto de partida para saber c贸mo se usa rather en ingl茅s. 隆Ahora toca poner en pr谩ctica la teor铆a!
隆Espero tus ejemplos creativos para demostrarme lo que has aprendido hoy!
I’d rather go to the Colla today馃槈
Well done, Laura! Thanks for breaking the ice!
Muy pr谩ctica la entrada de hoy! Como siempre, muy clara y con muchos ejemplos! Enhorabuena Luc铆a!
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