me apetecía

I felt like

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I felt like Used to say you felt like doing something or having something. Spanish uses an impersonal construction, so the thing you felt like doing often follows.

SP: Me apetecía tomar un café.

EN: I felt like having a coffee.

Como me apetecía, lo hice, aunque no lo necesitaba.

I felt like it, so I did it, even though I didn’t need to.

Lo hice porque me apetecía, no porque lo necesitase.

I did it because I felt like it, not because I needed to.

No me apetecía ir.

I didn't feel like going.

¡Era lo que me apetecía decir!

That's what I felt like saying!

— La ola (2008)

Sabe que me apetecía dar anarquía.

He knows I felt like creating anarchy.

— La ola (2008)

No, sólo me apetecía dar un paseo.

No, I just felt like going for a walk.

— Anatomía de una Caída (2023)

Bueno, llevaba muchos años ahí y me apetecía cambiar de aires.

Well, I’d been there for many years, and I felt like a change of scenery.

— Hogar (2020)

Cuando me miraste así… me apetecía competir contigo.

When you looked at me like that… I felt like competing with you.

— RRR (2022)

No lo hice porque lo necesitase, sino porque me apetecía.

I didn’t do it because I needed to, but because I felt like it.

Era lo que me apetecía.

It was just what I felt like.

— Hogar (2020)