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Spanish does have a verb for "to like", it is "gustar".

Your teacher may be hesitant to teach you "gustar" because it has an indirect object constructon that many English speakers find confusing. You do not say "I like X", but rather you say "X is pleasing to me." An expression in English that similarly uses indirect object construction is, "The idea will come to me" for the sentiment that "I will come up with an idea."

If what you "like" is another person, you should use the verb "querer", which is an irregular radical changing "er" verb, but it has the common subject construction, i.e. "I like X", though with persons, the object (the person loved) is preceded by 'to' (= 'a' in Spanish). 'I like X' = '(yo) amo a X'

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