Spanish has several verbs that, like gustar, tend to give English speakers some problems. The formation of these verbs follows the same pattern as the verb gustar: an indirect object pronoun (me, te, le, nos, os, les) and the verb which is usually in singular (gusta) or plural form (gustan). Some examples are provided below.

fascinar - to fascinate

Me fascina el ajedrez. - Chess fascinates me.

encantar - to enchant

Nos encanta tu carro. - We love your car.

interesar - to be of interest

A Diego le interesan las novelas. - Diego is interested in novels.

sorprender - to surprise

¿Te sorprendieron las noticias? - Were you surprised by the news?.

aburrir - to bore

fascinar - to be fascinating to

bastar - to be sufficient

importar - to be important to

caer bien - to suit

caer mal - to not suit

interesar - to be interesting to

dar asco - to be loathsome

molestar - to be a bother

disgustar - to hate something

parecer - to appear to be

doler - to be painful

picar - to itch

encantar - to "love" something

quedar - to be left over, remain

faltar - to be lacking something

volver loco - to be crazy

Spanish has frequent structures where the indirect object usually precedes the verb. These structures are often different in English.

Certain verbs such as alegrar, encantar, divertir, convencer.. can be have anagentive and unaccusative structures. In the first one, the subject is the agent of the action (and thus, normal):

• Ayer divertimos a los invitados.
  Yesterday we entertained the guests.

But the unaccusative structures are more confusing, since the order is inverted:

• Me divirtió lo que hicieron los invitados
  I found it entertaining what the guests did/what the guests did entertained me.
• Me interesa el arte moderno.
  I am interested in modern art/modern art interests me.
• Me molesta que no pongan las tildes.
  I find it annoying when stress marks are not used /not using stress marks annoys me.

There are verbs where the action is involuntary, and therefore this structure is preferred, i.e. the verb agrees with the "passive object" (normally the direct object in English) and the person "affected" is the indirect object (normally the subject in English).

There are more than 300 verbs with this structure: aburrir, acojonar, apetecer, asombrar, alegrar, agobiar, asustar, cansar, costar, encantar, enfadar, fastidiar, marear, relajar, deprimir, engañar, gustar, confundir, doler, liar, preocupar, cortar, extrañar...

Again, the person (or thing) affected by the verbal action happens to be the indirect object:

Some have (or can have) the same structure in English: