apetecer

From Vulgar Latin *appetescō, from Latin appetere.

apetecer (first-person singular present apetezo, first-person singular preterite apetecín, past participle apetecido)
apetecer (first-person singular present apeteço, first-person singular preterite apetecim or apeteci, past participle apetecido, reintegrationist norm)

1. to feel like

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *appetēscere, from Latin appetere.

• Hyphenation: a‧pe‧te‧cer

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. (intransitive) to please; to be of interest [with a ‘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.

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *appetēscere, from Latin appetere. Compare English appetize and English appetite.

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

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

1. (ambitransitive, 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.

• “apetecer”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024
• “apetecer”, in Diccionario panhispánico de dudas [Panhispanic Dictionary of Doubts] (in Spanish), 2nd edition, Royal Spanish Academy; Association of Academies of the Spanish Language, 2023, →ISBN