- antojarse
- pron.v.to feel like, to want (apetecer). (Mexican Spanish)* * *antojarse► verbo pronominal1 (encapricharse) to feel like, fancy, take a fancy to■ se le antojó un patinete she fancied a scooter■ cuando se le antoje when he feels like it, when it appeals to him2 (suponer) to think, imagine, suppose, seem■ se me antoja que no vendrá I have the feeling that she won't come\FRASEOLOGÍAhacer lo que se le antoja to do what one fancies* * *VPR1) (=apetecer)
antojársele a algn algo — to take a fancy to sth, want sth
se me antoja una cervecita — I could go for a nice beer
antojársele a algn hacer algo — to have a mind to do sth
se le antojó ir al cine — he took it into his head to go to the cinema
no se le antojó decir otra cosa — it didn't occur to him to say anything else
no se me antoja ir — I don't feel like going
2) (=parecer)antojarse que — to imagine that
se me antoja que no estará — I have the feeling that he won't be in
¿cómo se le antoja esto? — how does this seem to you?
* * *verbo pronominal (en 3a pers)1) (apetecer) (+ me/te/le etc)se me antojó una cerveza — I felt like (having) a beer
de embarazada se me antojaban las uvas — when I was pregnant, I had a craving for grapes
hace lo que se le antoja — he does as he pleases
porque no se me antoja — because I don't feel like it
2) (liter) (parecer) (+ me/te/le etc)el camino se me antojaba eterno — the road seemed never-ending to me
* * *verbo pronominal (en 3a pers)1) (apetecer) (+ me/te/le etc)se me antojó una cerveza — I felt like (having) a beer
de embarazada se me antojaban las uvas — when I was pregnant, I had a craving for grapes
hace lo que se le antoja — he does as he pleases
porque no se me antoja — because I don't feel like it
2) (liter) (parecer) (+ me/te/le etc)el camino se me antojaba eterno — the road seemed never-ending to me
* * *antojarse [A1 ]v pron(en tercera persona)A (apetecer) (+ me/te/le etc):se me antojó una cerveza I felt like (having) a beercuando estaba embarazada se me antojaban las cosas más extrañas when I was pregnant, I had cravings for the strangest thingsse le antojó ir a nadar a medianoche she had an urge to go swimming at midnightse le antojó que le llevaran el desayuno a la cama he felt like having breakfast brought to him in bedhace exactamente lo que se le antoja he does exactly as he pleasesno voy porque no se me antoja ¡y se acabó! I'm not going because I don't feel like it, and that's final!B (liter) (parecer) (+ me/te/le etc):el camino se les antojaba eterno the road seemed never-ending to themlas sombras se le antojaban monstruos the shadows seemed like monstersse me antoja que nos está mintiendo I've got a feeling that she's lying to us* * *
antojarse (conjugate antojarse) verbo pronominal (+ me/te/le etc):◊ se me antojó una cerveza I felt like (having) a beer;
de embarazada se me antojaban las uvas when I was pregnant, I had a craving for grapes;
hace lo que se le antoja he does as he pleases;
porque no se me antoja because I don't feel like it
antojarse verbo reflexivo (apetecer) se nos antojó ir al cine, we fancied going to the cinema
hace la comida cuando se le antoja, he cooks when he feels like it
'antojarse' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
encapricharse
* * *antojarse vpr1. [por deseo]se le antojaron esos zapatos she took a fancy to those shoes;se le ha antojado comer ciruelas he has a craving for plums;cuando se me antoje when I feel like it;hace lo que se le antoja he does whatever he feels like doing2. Formal [parecer]se me antoja que está en lo cierto it seems to me that he is right;eso se me antoja poco probable that seems far from likely to me3. Méx [apetecer] to feel like, to want* * *antojarsev/r1 (apetecer):se le antojó salir he felt like going out2 (parecer):se me antoja que … it seems to me that …;se me antoja que va a llover it looks like rain to me* * *antojarse vr1) apetecer: to be appealing, to be desirablese me antoja un helado: I feel like having ice cream2) : to seem, to appearlos árboles se antojaban fantasmas: the trees seemed like ghosts* * *antojarse vb (apetecerse) to feel like [pt. & pp. felt] / to wantse me antojó un helado I suddenly felt like an ice cream
Spanish-English dictionary. 2013.