feel like

English

Etymology

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Verb

feel like (third-person singular simple present feels like, present participle feeling like, simple past and past participle felt like)

To have a desire for something, or to do something.
I didn't feel like working yesterday, so I called in sick.
To perceive oneself to resemble (something); to have the sense of being (something).
- 1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter XVII, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, OCLC 4293071:
  “Perhaps it is because I have been excommunicated. It's absurd, but I feel like the Jackdaw of Rheims.” ¶ She winced and bowed her head. Each time that he spoke flippantly of the Church he caused her pain.

Usage notes

feel like can be followed by either a noun or by a gerund e.g. After a long day chopping wood, I felt like (taking) a bath.

Derived terms

Related terms

would like

Translations

have a desire for something, or to do something

Arabic: please add this translation if you can
Bengali: ইচ্ছা হওয়া (bn) (iccha hôẇa)
Catalan: venir de gust (ca), abellir (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 想要 (zh) (xiǎngyào), 想 (zh) (xiǎng), 有興趣 (zh), 有兴趣 (zh) (yǒuxìngqù)
Danish: have lyst til
Dutch: zin hebben
Esperanto: emi (eo)
Estonian: viitsima
Finnish: tehdä mieli, huvittaa (fi), viitsiä (fi)
French: avoir envie (fr) de
German: Lust haben auf
Hebrew: בא‎ (he) (ba) (+ the subject in dative case + a verb in nonfinite form or a noun)
Hungarian: van kedve (hu)
Irish: fonn a bheith ort chun
Italian: avere voglia di
Japanese: ほしい hoshii
Ladin: avëi ueia de
Portuguese: ter vontade de, querer (pt), estar a fim de
Russian: (the person wanting in dative +) хоте́ться (ru) impf (xotétʹsja), (the person wanting in dative +) хоте́лось бы (xotélosʹ by), хоте́ть (ru) impf (xotétʹ) (politeness is expressed by adding бы (by) to the past tense forms, e.g. "я хоте́л(а) бы" - "I'd like" (m/f)), жела́ть (ru) impf (želátʹ)
Spanish: tener ganas de, apetecer (es), estar por la labor
Swedish: känna för

perceive oneself to resemble

Arabic: please add this translation if you can
Chinese:
Mandarin: 感覺自己像, 感觉自己像 (gǎnjué zìjǐ xiàng)
Danish: please add this translation if you can
Finnish: tuntua kuin
French: se sentir comme
Hungarian: (úgy) érzi magát (, mint/mintha...)
Portuguese: sentir-se como
Spanish: sentirse como

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