¿Cuándo usar too y enough? Estas dos palabras nos confunden bastante, sobre todo por la posición en la que las tenemos que colocar en la frase. En este post veremos todas las posibilidades con muchos ejemplos para que tengas claro cuándo usar too y enough y cómo colocarlos.

Recordamos que el significado de «enough» es suficiente (o no lo suficiente, si lo usamos en una frase negativa). Cuando usamos «too» significa demasiado, más de lo necesario.

Comenzamos con too y las posibilidades que tenemos de combinarlo con adjetivos y adverbios, o también en la construcción too many / too much. 

TOO + adjective / adverb

usamos too normalmente delante de un adjetivo o un adverbio

e.g.
The soup was too hot.
You speak too quickly.
The book was too difficult for me.
Their new house was too expensive.

TOO + adjective / adverb + to verb

podemos seguir la misma pauta y además añadir to + verbo. En este caso “to” es una preposición que indica propósito o finalidad, y no la forma en infinitivo del verbo.

e.g.
The soup was too hot to eat.
You are too young to drive.
The article was too hard to understand.
It’s too early to go to bed.

Too many / Too much + noun

usamos too many/much más un sustantivo. Recuerda que many va seguido de sustantivos contables, y much se usa con sustantivos incontables.

e.g.
There were too many people at the festival.
She already has too many shoes. She doesn’t need more.
This is too much work for just one person.
There was too much food. We didn’t eat everything.

Decíamos que a la hora de usar too y enough es importante tener claro el orden en que los colocamos. Vamos a ver a continuación cómo usamos enough en una frase. Enough significa “suficiente”, la cantidad necesaria de algo (o no lo bastante, si va en negativo)

Adjective / adverb + ENOUGH

una posibilidad es usar enough después de un adjetivo o un adverbio. Aquí también podemos añadir to + verbo al igual que hicimos con too.

e.g.
You aren’t old enough to drive.
The room is big enough for 12 people.
They are working fast enough to finish the task.
He can play well enough to win the competition.

ENOUGH + noun

por otro lado, colocamos enough delante de un sustantivo (da igual si es contable o incontable). 

e.g.
We have enough time to finish today.
She doesn’t have enough money to buy a new car.
There aren’t enough chairs for all of us.
He has enough toys to play with.

Otra cosa que tenemos que tener en cuenta para saber cuándo usar too y enough es que al utilizar too, queremos decir que es demasiado y es una idea negativa. Es decir, si por ejemplo algo es “too expensive”, es más del dinero que puedes o te gustaría gastar. Cuidado con esto porque a veces cometemos el error de decir que algo was “too good” para decir que en realidad fue muy bueno (y realmente nos gusta, no hay sentido negativo). En este caso usaríamos mejor palabras como really o very. Observa

e.g.
The concert was really good (not “too good”)
Your friend is very funny (not “too funny”)

Seguro que a partir de ahora tendrás más claro cuándo usar too y enough y dónde colocarlos en un frase. Was it clear enough? or it was too much information… ????

Si te quedan dudas, déjanos un comentario y te ayudaremos encantados.

Continuamos con la serie de posts sobre phrasal verbs para que cada vez te resulte más fácil conocerlos y empezar a utilizarlos. Esta vez prestaremos atención a varios phrasal verbs con come de uso habitual. Como siempre, os los presentamos con definiciones y ejemplos para que quede más claro.

Come on, let’s go! Comenzamos! ✏️

Come about – to happen or occur – suceder, ocurrir.

E.g.
How did this situation come about?
How did the fire come about?

Come across – to find by chance / accident – encontrar por casualidad.

E.g.
I came across some old photographs when I cleaned up the attic.
She came across Rob when she was at the bank.

Come along – to develop, to make progress – desarrollar, progresar (o hacer progresos).

E.g.
How is the project coming along?
I think we are coming along, we expect to finish soon.

Come along – to appear or to arrive – llegar, aparecer.

E.g.
A bus should come along any minute now.
An opportunity came along and I took the job.

Come along – to go somewhere with someone – acompañar.

E.g.
We are going to have a coffee. Would you like to come along?

Come back – to return – volver.

E.g.
He’s not here at the moment. Could you come back later?

Come by – to be able to get something difficult – conseguir.

E.g.
Cheap organic food it’s not easy to come by.
How did you come by that wonderful apartment?

Come down with – to become ill – caer enfermo.

E.g.
I’m not feeling well, I think I’m coming down with a cold.

Come forward – to offer to do something, to volunteer – ofrecerse, presentarse voluntario.

E.g.
Only one person of the team came forward to help.

Come over – to visit someone in their house – visitar, pasarse a ver.

E.g.
Will you come over on Friday evening?
His parents are coming over for the weekend.

Come out – to become known- conocerse, salir a la luz.

E.g.
The truth will come out sooner or later.
When is the new edition coming out?

Come (a)round – to change your opinion – cambiar de opinión (dejarse convencer).

E.g.
In the end, we came round and accepted their expert advice.
I think they will come round to our way of seeing things.

Come (a)round – to visit someone – pasarse a ver.

E.g.
Sure, come (a)round! I can show my new collection.

Come round – to recover consciousness – recobrar la consciencia.

E.g.
She was coming round, but she was a bit confused after the surgery.

Come up – appear, happen, occur (unexpectedly) – ocurrir, surgir.

E.g.
I’m sorry I miss the meeting, something came up in the last minute.

Come up with – to think of an idea/ a plan – pensar, dar con una idea o un plan.

E.g.
They came up with a fantastic plan to make processes more efficient.

Los phrasal verbs son un tema recurrente a la hora de aprender inglés y una forma de ampliar vocabulario y comunicarnos como lo haría un hablante nativo, échale un vistazo a otros posts de esta serie sobre phrasal verbs aquí ????