me da la gana

I feel like it; I want to

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phrase Uncommon #26,238

I feel like it; I want to Often expresses doing something simply because you want to, sometimes with a defiant or dismissive tone. The verb changes with tense and person, as in “me dio la gana” (“I felt like it”).

SP: Voy porque me da la gana.

EN: I’m going because I feel like it.

No me da la gana de hacer nada.

I don’t feel like doing anything.

No me da la gana.

I don't feel like it.

¡Hago lo que me da la gana, pajero!

I do whatever the hell I want, you wanker!

— Paris, je t'aime (2006)

¡No me da la gana!

I don't damn well feel like it!

— El orfanato (2007)

Porque me da la gana.

Because I feel like it.

— Замри-умри-воскресни! (1990)

Sólo ir hacia el horizonte cuando se me da la gana.

I only go towards the horizon when I feel like it.

— Titanic (1997)

Voy porque me da la gana.

I'm going because I feel like it.

Voy a donde me da la gana.

I go wherever I want.