apetecer

== Galician == === Etymology === From Vulgar Latin *appetescō, from Latin appetere. === Verb === 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) to feel like ==== Conjugation ==== == Portuguese == === Etymology === Inherited from Vulgar Latin *appetēscere, from Latin appetere. === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: a‧pe‧te‧cer === Verb === apetecer (first-person singular present apeteço, first-person singular preterite apeteci, past participle apetecido) (transitive) to desire Gregório de Matos, A Umas Saudades (intransitive) to please; to be of interest [with a ‘to’] ==== Conjugation ==== === Further reading === “apetecer”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “apetecer”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Spanish == === Etymology === Inherited from Vulgar Latin *appetēscere, from Latin appetere. Compare English appetize and English appetite. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /apeteˈθeɾ/ [a.pe.t̪eˈθeɾ] (Spain) IPA(key): /apeteˈseɾ/ [a.pe.t̪eˈseɾ] (Latin America, Philippines) Rhymes: -eɾ Syllabification: a‧pe‧te‧cer === Verb === apetecer (first-person singular present apetezco, first-person singular preterite apetecí, past participle apetecido) (ambitransitive, reflexive) to feel like, to fancy; would like, to be down for (US slang) ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === “apetecer”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025 “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