Spanish word of the week: interés

This week’s Spanish word of the week is interés.

Interés is a masculine noun that means interest. You can listen to the pronunciation of interés in the audio clip below:

Interés is an commonly used word which shares the same two main meanings that English interest has.

The first meaning refers to a state of curiosity or attention invested in something:

No demostró ningún interés en mis problemas. He showed no interest in my problems.

El tema suscitó gran interés. The subject aroused great interest.

The second meaning of interés corresponds to the financial domain:

Dan un interés del 5%. They pay 5% interest.  

There are a couple of useful phrases connected with the first meaning:

tener interés en hacer algo to be interested in doing something

Tengo interés por saber cómo le fue al final. I’m interested in finding out how she got on in the end.

and

no tener el menor interés en algo not to be the least bit interested in something

Confieso no tener el menor interés en el asunto. I have to confess that I’m not the least bit interested in the matter.

Join us again next week for another insight into Spanish vocabulary!

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