Expresar opiniones en inglés: ejemplos que debes saber

¿Alguna vez te has sentido inseguro o insegura al querer expresar tu opinión en inglés? En el artículo de hoy te daremos herramientas clave para que puedas dar tu punto de  vista y no te frustres en el intento. Exploraremos frases hechas para el speaking que llevarán tu comunicación a otro nivel. ¿Estás listo para aumentar tu vocabulario y destacar en tu speaking en inglés ya sea on-to-one o monólogo? Let’s go!

Expresiones de speaking para mostrar interés

• Really?
• That’s interesting!
• Right!
• I see
• I can’t believe it!
• Reply questions: I went to Paris – Did you?
• Uh huh
• As you said before, … (referring to what the other speaker said before shows you’ve been paying attention)

Expresiones speaking para dirigir la conversación hacia un asunto

• By the way,
• Speaking of…
• That reminds me of…

Frases de speaking de relleno o muletillas – Fillers

• So,
• You see, …
• …, you see, …
• You know,
• I mean,
• …, like,… (too informal)

Expresiones de speaking para verificar que te están entendiendo

Check that they’re understanding you!

• Right?
• OK?

Eeping your listener engaged

• Rhetorical questions (questions you don’t really expect an answer for, you sort of answer them yourself):

What do I mean by that?  / Is smoking dangerous? Of course it is

• As you very well know, …

LOOKING FOR AGREEMENT:

• Don’t you think?
• Question tags (Isn’t it, has it…)
• You know what I mean,

GIVING THE FLOOR (turn to speak):

• Don’t you think?
• Question tags (Isn’t it, has it…)

Frases de speaking para expresar que estás de acuerdo – Agreeing

• Absolutely
• I see what you mean
• I see your point
• You have a point there.
• Exactly
• Definitely
• I agree with you / him …
•  I share your view… I think so.                                     
• I really think so. (The author / the narrator / the protagonist / etc.) is  right 
• He is quite right / absolutely right  
•  He may be right. I have no objection. 
•  I approve of it.    
•  I have come to the same conclusion           
•  I hold the same opinion.             
•  We are of one mind / of the same mind on that question. 
• I am at one with him on that point.
•  It is true/ That is right.
• That’s just it !  Fair enough!  Quite so ! Just so!   Yes of  course !

Frases de speaking para expresar que estás en desacuerdo – Disagreeing

• I see your point, but…
• Your point is well taken, but …
• I beg to differ
• (I’m afraid) That’s not always the case
• I don’t agree/  I disagree / I don’t think so.
• You are / he is wrong /  I think otherwise
•  I don’t think that’s quite right.
• I don’t agree with you/him.    
•  I don’t agree with what you say.      
•  I am afraid that is not quite true.
• I take a different view. 
•  I don’t share his/her/your view.           
• This argument does not hold water. Not at all ! Nonsens!    Rubbish !
• He’s off his head !

SAYING “NO”

• Not really, no (rather than a plain “no”)

ex. –Do you like football? –  Not really, no (instead of “noooo!”)

• I don’t think so.

ex. Are you coming? – I don’t think so

GIVING OPINION:

• Personally, I think this is a good question
• I don’t know about you, but I …
• I feel (strongly) that…
• I (strongly) believe that…
• It seems to me that…
• I have the impression that…
• I reckon…(informal)
• Speaking from personal experience,
• For me personally

USEFUL EXPRESSIONS TO EXPRESS YOUR OPINION

In my opinion, …  

In my eyes, …

To my mind, …  

As far as I am concerned…  

Speaking personally, …

From my point of view, …   

As for me / As to me, …

My view / opinion / belief / impression / conviction is that …                                    

I hold the view that …

I would say that …   

It seems to me that … 

I am of the opinion that …

My impression is that …                         

I am under the impression that …  

It is my impression that I have the feeling that …                          

My own feeling on the subject is that …

I have no doubt that …                           

 I am sure / I am certain that …           

I think / consider / find / feel / believe / suppose / presume / assume that …

I hold the opinion that …  (I form / adopt an opinion.)                      

I dare say that … I guess that …  I bet that ….   I gather that … It goes without saying that …                 

ASKING FOR THE OTHER SPEAKER’S OPINION:

• How do you feel about…?
• What’s your take on…?
• Where do you stand on….?
• What are your thoughts on this?
• What do you reckon (informal)?

INTERRUPTING:

• I’m sorry to interrupt, but…
• Can I interrupt you just for a second (here)?

SUMMARISING:

• In a nutshell,
• To make a long story short

REPHRASING:

• In other words,
• …, that is to say, …

Frases Speaking en inglés por niveles: Giving Opinions

Elementary

I (really) think that …

I believe (that) …

I’m sure that …

In my opinion / My opinion is …

Expresiones Speaking Pre-intermediate

I agree with …

I feel that …

I guess/imagine …

I have no doubt that / I’m certain that …

I strongly believe that …

I’ve never really thought about this before, but …

My personal opinion is that / Personally, my opinion is that …

To be honest / In my honest opinion, …

Frases Speaking Intermediate

As far as I know, …

I agree with the opinion of …

I could be wrong, but …

I’d definitely say that …

I’d guess/imagine that …

I’d say that …

I’m absolutely certain that …

I’m fairly confident that …

I’m no expert (on this), but …

I’m positive that …

I’m pretty sure that …

It seems to me that …

It’s a complicated/difficult issue, but …

My (point of) view (on this) is …

Obviously, …

Some people may disagree with me, but …

This is just my opinion, but …

Without a doubt, …

You probably won’t agree, but …

Frases Speaking Upper-intermediate

After much thought, …

After weighing up both sides of the argument, …

Although I can see both points of view / Although I can understand the opposite point of view, …

As I see it, …

Correct me if I’m wrong, but …

For me/ From my point of view, …

Frankly, …

I am not very familiar with this topic, but …

I do believe/ feel/think …

I have come to the conclusion that …

I might change my mind later, but …

I reckon/suppose …

I tend to think that …

I’m not sure I’m the right person to ask, but / I have very limited experience of this, but …

I’m pretty confident that …

I’ve always thought that …

If you ask me, …

I’m (absolutely) convinced that …

In my humble opinion / IMHO, …

It could be said that …

It seems clear to me that …

It would seem to me that …

My initial reaction is …

Not everyone will/would agree with me, but …

Personally speaking / Speaking for myself, …

The way I see it (is) …

To be (perfectly) frank, …

To the best of my knowledge, …

What I think is …

You could say …

Frases speaking Advanced

After giving this matter some (serious) thought, …

As far as I’m concerned, …

As the old saying goes, …

Having given this question due consideration, …

I am of the opinion that …

I can’t help thinking that …

I know this is a minority view, but / I’m in the minority in thinking that …

I tend towards the opinion that …

I think it’s fair/reasonable to say …

I’ll tell you what I think, …

I’m entirely/quite convinced that …

I’ve come the conclusion that …

If I must come up with an opinion / If you (really) want my opinion, …

In my limited experience, …

It could/might well be that …

Know what I think? …

My opinion was best expressed by … when s/he said/wrote …

My view/position on this (issue) (is clear and) is that …

Off the top of my head, …

Plainly, …

Quite frankly, …

There is a part of me that says …

This may well be controversial, but …

To my mind / To my way of thinking, …

To summarise my (rather complex) views on the matter, …

What I always say is …

With some reservations, …

Without a shred/shadow of doubt, …

You’d have to be crazy not to agree that / Any idiot can see that …

En conclusión, las frases del speaking para expresar opiniones en inglés son pilares fundamentales en el desarrollo de esta destreza. Al aplicar estas expresiones en tu práctica diaria, no solo aumentas tu vocabulario, sino que también ganas fluidez y confianza para expresarte más acertadamente ya sea en tu día a día o para exámenes orales. Esperamos que este artículo te sea te ayuda en tu evolución en el inglés 😉