How to Give, Accept or Refuse an Invitation in Spanish.

1. HOW TO GIVE AN INVITATION: 

There are different questions we can use to give out an invitation, usually featuring verbs such as querer, apatecer, gustar, parecer:

2. HOW TO ACCEPT AN INVITATION:

There are many different ways to accept an invitation, starting with the simple “Sí, gracias” to some more cordial and/or emphatic phrases, such as:

To work out the details of when and where to meet, you can follow up with:

3. HOW TO REFUSE AN INVITATION:

a) When refusing an invitation, it’s important to use phrases like “lo siento” or “desafortunadamente” as a mark of cordiality that help soften the refusal:

b) If we would like to accept, but we have a more pressing obligation, we can use the phase tener que + infinitivo to explain this prior need or obligation: