apetecer

From Vulgar Latin *appetescō, from Latin appetere, present active infinitive of appetō.

apetecer (first-person singular present apetezo, first-person singular preterite apetecín, past participle apetecido)

1. to feel like

From Vulgar Latin *appetescō, from Latin appetere.

apetecer (first-person singular present apeteço, first-person singular preterite apeteci, past participle apetecido)

1. (transitive) to desire
   • Gregório de Matos, A Umas Saudades

     navegue o meu pensamento:
     meus suspiros formai vento,
     com que me façais ir ter
     onde me apeteço ver;

     may my thought sail:
     my sighs, may you form wind,
     with which may you make me go
     where I desire to see myself;

2. (transitive with a) to please; to be of interest [to]
   • 2009, Maria Gadú, Escudos

     Eu não tenho tempo pra falar teu nome
     Eu não tenho nome pra você dizer
     Meu café jamais vai matar tua fome
     Nada que tu traga vai me apetecer

     I have no time to speak your name
     I have no name to tell you
     My coffee will never kill your hunger
     Nothing you bring will please me.

From Vulgar Latin *appetescere, from Latin appetere, present active infinitive of appetō. Compare English appetize and English appetite.

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /apeteˈθeɾ/ [a.pe.t̪eˈθeɾ]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /apeteˈseɾ/ [a.pe.t̪eˈseɾ]
• Rhymes: -eɾ
• Syllabification: a‧pe‧te‧cer

apetecer (first-person singular present apetezco, first-person singular preterite apetecí, past participle apetecido)

1. (transitive, intransitive, reflexive) to feel like, to fancy; would like, to be down for (US slang)

   No me apetece salir esta noche.

   I don't feel like going out tonight.

   ¿Te apetece ayudarme con esto?

   Do you feel like helping me with this?

   Me apetece una pizza con champiñones.

   I'm in the mood for a pizza with mushrooms.

• apetecedor
• apetecible

• apetencia
• apetente
• apetito

• “apetecer”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014