How to Say YOU LOOK GREAT in Spanish (Mirar vs Ver vs Parecer)

If you want to tell someone "You look great" or "You look beautiful" in Spanish, there are a few different ways we can do this.
In this video, I will talk about a few of the most common ways to talk about how something looks in Spanish. In addition, I'm going to use Netflix subtitles as a guide for how we can think about this situation.
Specifically, you'll learn:
- How to talk about how food looks
- How to tell someone they look great
- The difference between ver vs parecer vs mirar
- How to notice and think about colloquial phrases
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[@realfastspanish]

How else can we say that something "looks good" in Spanish? (There are more options than what I found on Netflix)

[@tonynicholls5120]

Esta comida se ve bien, te ves graciosa

[@utubeneer]

@@tonynicholls5120 yup

[@martinaavalos6825]

The problems with translation... English: You look great! Español: ¡Luces genial! That's the correct translation... So if you want translate: "You look good", like: "Te ves bien", I think it's ok too, but "estás bien", it's incorrect, because "estás" mean "To be", in Spanish "Ser/Estar". Other: "You look beatiful". "Luces hermosa/o". (Spanish). "Look at you!". In Spanish: "¡Mírate!". The problem with this sentece it's not really used in spanish world. (Or well not like in english).

[@martinaavalos6825]

And when she say: "So... Good" that mean: "Muy bueno/a"; or "Demasiado bueno/a". (I dont remember what she say before of that).

[@kcorpora1]

@@martinaavalos6825 mirate! luces fantastica!

[@cardarroblackmon5672]

Most Underrated Spanish teacher. Great video

[@dougjennyfaull8055]

Estoy de acuerdo!

[@ethanbolson6313]

Hola, soy adquisición Español ahora mismo y duolingo tiene ayudado muchos, soy desde America y hablo ingles originariamente, Yo solo saber A pequeño español y soy usando a montón de google translate ahora mismo jajaja

[@augustolegal]

😂😂😂😂 The correct way to say what you wrote is. Hola, estoy aprendiendo español ahora mismo y duolingo me ha estado ayudando mucho, soy de Estados Unidos y hablo inglés como primera lengua. Yo solo se un poco de español y estoy usando mucho google translate ahora mismo. Jajajajaa. We refer to you as estadounidenses because we are all Americans.

[@suzypittman9998]

Good jokes. When learning Spanish, I learned this one... "Si no rio en baño, yo baño en el río." Thank you so much for your channel!

[@realfastspanish]

😆

[@jamesfreese4700]

Great video-I have often found some phrases need a lot of thought and research to convey their tru meaning!!! gracias

[@KathyAdamsClark]

These little things are so helpful! Thank you!

[@ronhyman8604]

Great episode Andrew, thank you.

[@dennishagen8867]

Fascinating topic and a great reminder to think about your English phrase before attempting to translate it directly into Spanish.

[@tlc1946]

¡Este vídeo es estupendo! Muchas gracias Andrew.

[@garrymontgomery2033]

Extremely useful lesson - thanks Andrew

[@shannonblok658]

I so appreciate your channel. You teach things that I often think about but can never find the resources to explain them properly.

[@sonny4V]

¡Grandiosa lección! Me gusta mucho. Gracias.

[@dougjennyfaull8055]

¡Muchísimas gracias Andrew! ¡Me encantan tus videos! Todos son excelentes y muy útiles 🤩

[@lowercase_limell]

Very helpful! Thank you!

[@cpol4391]

Such a great lesson!!

[@believeinpeace]

¡Perfecto! ¡Muchas Gracias!

[@Pauliey365]

Thank you!

[@MrRhabibi]

Great thanks ❤

[@cocopoco2006]

Exactly what I was looking for

[@sns1804]

We know you are versatile in several languages but some of us are still in the mechanical (methods) way of learning SP. Most of us are still on the tarmac still "taxing" and eager to fly without the distraction of other languages. From my perspective, your BEST VIDEO was about "FILLER WORDS" 15 words in 15 minutes. Vaya con dios!

[@helenwalsh2025]

Really useful video as usual

[@joealcorn105]

I enjoyed listening to your explanation and I am looking forward to more of the same. I want to learn the intricacies of spanish and you are providing them - Thank you very much.

[@realfastspanish]

Glad to hear that!! 😊

[@Lisa-uy4fv]

Excellent topic.

[@minookalantari]

Thank you

[@sipofrainbow7485]

¡Gran trabajo!

[@joeharker7918]

Amazing video, this really helps me understand the actual Spanish words and phrases, not just the handy translation substitutes we apply to them. Oh, and I loved the linguistical jokes!

[@realfastspanish]

Thanks for the feedback and kind words Joe! 😊

[@DavidBee]

¡Eres profesor estupendo!

[@dustinbradley4686]

Great video! I love it! To tell someone that another person looks good, can you say, "se ve bien". I know that "te ves guapo" means "you look good" but can you say "se ve bien" when talking to someone about someone else? Can you also say "la veo genial" (She looks great)? Gracias por los consejos.

[@radygaga4089]

Can you make a video about the verb "paracer" please? A whole video about in which you talk about it thoroughly. If you please 🙏

[@augustolegal]

It means look like, Yo parezco indigente = I look homeless. Tú pareces de confianza = You look trustworthy. Él parece un ladrón = He looks like a thief. Ellos parecen futbolistas = They look like soccer players. Vosotros parecéis españoles = You look Spanish. Nosotros parecemos familia = We look like family.

[@radygaga4089]

@@augustolegal thank you so much 🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰

[@augustolegal]

@@radygaga4089 No problem. ❤️

[@waleedosmanglaidos1428]

Best Spanish teacher in KZbin.

[@realfastspanish]

Thanks Waleed!! 😄

[@rosanaloynd6253]

Thank you, it makes sense. "Te veo muy inteligente " 😉

[@realfastspanish]

¡Gracias Rosana! 😊

[@Itsafinancialworld]

It would be good to do a session or lesson on some common expressions just as in pulling your leg in English which Spanish equivalent seems to be taking your hair

[@toddie3910]

Esto es estupendo Andrew. ¡ Gracias! It's following what I've been learning about the use of different verbs to say the English equivalent. PS I've taken a couple of your classes. Love them! Would totally recommend them

[@realfastspanish]

¡Gracias Toddie! 😊

[@uvideohelicopter]

Ideas: Bajar versus Rebajar. (And other similar words using a minor prefix, such as fuera, afuera etc)

[@gerlautamr.656]

"You look beautiful" can also be translated as "Te ves hermosa".

[@filipsakowski4492]

why te ves instead of te veo?

[@dumpster_fiyah]

This was a really good video, but there was a related question that I'm not sure you answered. In English, we use a lot of sensory equivalents to "looks good," such as "sounds good," "smells good," and "feels good." Are all of these idiomatic, or is everything but "looks good" directly translatable? If they are idiomatic, how do you say "sounds good" in Spanish?

[@tonynicholls5120]

Is it ok to use the “Te veo muy guapa” construction in the third person. e.g. Veo bien el restaurante, or lo veo muy bien?

[@telekinetika]

Correcto, LO replaces El restaurante

[@jackkirnan6616]

Excelente guapo hombre! 😂

[@stevesilverman3505]

A similar topic to consider covering is saying something smells versus someone smelling something.

[@conodeen3588]

The jokes at the end weren’t half bad. Dad joke territory but not half bad!

[@utubeneer]

I am in no way an expert, but Reversocontexto (which is almost all from subtitles) gives about 40 translations of "te veo bien" as "you look good", or something close to it. On the other hand, when translating "te ves bien" it gives over 700 translations of the same. Enter "to look good" in SpanishDict and you get "verse bien". Can you clarify Andrew?

[@realfastspanish]

Yes, as I mentioned in the video, there are lots of ways to translate this into Spanish and your examples are more options as well. The key point is that we don't use "mirar" (to look) and instead we need different verbs like "ver", "verse", "parecer" and "estar". You can also try putting "estás preciosa" into SpanishDict and Reverso to see the variety.

[@utubeneer]

@@realfastspanish OK, thanks Andrew! like that "estás preciosa" too . . .

[@augustolegal]

Hi Andrew, actually you could translate saying almost the same. This looks so good = Esto se ve muy bien. You look very manly = Te ves muy masculino, which means the same. You look great = Te ves bien (estupendo). You look homeless = Te ves indigente. You look beautiful = Te ves hermosa (preciosa). All of them could be translated meaning the very same. I don’t know why the translators tweak them.

[@RodrigoCastroCh]

I agree! “Te ves / se ve” are by far the most common ways to say this.

[@hectormorel]

More natural: You look very manly= Te ves muy varonil

[@minookalantari]

You look great

[@CSenn_]

The jokes were adorable.

[@loricole4906]

In English the word "precious" is most likely applied to a child, or maybe a girl/woman, but not usually to a man. Does the word "preciosa" (precioso?) have any of those connotations or can it be used regardless of age or gender?

[@Angel_Peg]

Sound good in Spanish for any age

[@alejandrojoselizano]

"Te ves bien "

[@andrzejbanas7261]

Me parece que en vez de decir “te veo bien” es posible decir “se ve muy bien”. Naturalmente, el sentido de la segunda expresión es un poco distinto, pero igual aceptable.

[@donembuldeniya6655]

Can you say “te ves bien”?

[@augustolegal]

Yes that’s actually the direct translation

[@ant7936]

"Yum yum" works in any language. 😉

[@roobear5357]

Qué tal si digo a mi amiga,por ejemplo - te ves hermosa?

[@cedrickwon888]

Q:"Three meals walk into a bar. One looks left and right. One looks up and down. How does the third meal look?" A: "It looks great." How would you translate "It looks great" into Spanish to make it humorous? Somehow "Tiene muy buena pinta" doesn't seem to capture the play on double entendre.

[@rsnankivell1962]

"Se ve/parece muy rica" (la comida/the food) ... maybe🤔

[@augustolegal]

You can’t because in English you are saying it in double meaning. In this example you can’t do it in Spanish. It wouldn’t have sense.

[@marthasceravino2901]

otra palabra para describir "manly" es: varonil

[@Brettiow]

Hi, just joined, but, I’m already finding that the back ground music is distracting, sorry.

[@CleonaPattersoneFluentEnglish]

Gracias por este vídeo. Es muy útil para entender los matices de español.👍

[@realfastspanish]

¡Gracias Cleona! 😊

[@ScottLive1]

What about “luces”…

[@retrocholo]

You can also use the verb "lucir". This looks so good = Esto luce muy bien. You look great today = luces bien hoy. Saludos.

[@kcorpora1]

How about "te ves dulce"

[@augustolegal]

We use dulce as an adjective but we say it like this. Sos un dulce, Eres dulce.

[@joearmy91]

How would we understand the expression “se te ve bien la falda” literally?

[@jhonyermo]

MODISMOS Right? Idioms in English?

[@kepepp4193]

I like the jokes!

[@realfastspanish]

Hahaha, thanks!! Although this kind of encouragement will lead to more bad jokes! 😊

[@dougjennyfaull8055]

¡también me gustan mucho!

[@mrdavidlopan]

Because of this video if I ever get to sit next to Salma Hayek on a plane I will be the most charming gringo ever.....

[@kcorpora1]

If I sat next to Selma I would say to her "con respeto, me vuelve loco, siempre será una reina en mis ojos"

[@vooides]

Tiene buena pinta(thing) Estás muy bien Estás muy guapa

[@bryntnjal9446]

Kind sir, if you're teaching Spanish, even though you also know Italian and French, I would prefer it if you kept to Spanish. Just one opinion...

[@julietteariel]

What about “Se ve delicioso”

[@realfastspanish]

Muy bien 👍

[@IntendJOY]

I only want to learn Spanish please

[@kenb9055]

¿No has usado “Te ves guapo,a?

[@user-wy6ph4mn4y]

How would you say in spanish "why didn't the lifeguard save the hippy? "too far out man"

[@conan7422]

If the food looks bad, try it with glasses!

[@realfastspanish]

Amazing, I love it!! 😂😍

[@stephaniesteinert8961]

Appreciate the video but the music is extremely distracting.

[@frederickberthrong3407]

Estoy un poco sorprendido que no presentaste la forma "Te vez fabulosa!" o sea ... "verse"

[@Angel_Peg]

Do you teach English

[@peterlovstrom4286]

¿Qué tal ..se te ve guapísima?

[@Den-nu6pv]

What’s wrong with estas muy Bonita, thanks

[@donkeyhead68]

If you are saying it to a person just say "Estás para comerte"

[@williamhare8640]

Don't bring French or Italian into the lesson, you are teaching Spanish

[@wesamjacob2541]

you talk English too much and not enough Spanish my friend.