abrir el apetito
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /aˌbɾiɾ el apeˈtito/ [aˌβ̞ɾiɾ el a.peˈt̪i.t̪o]
- Syllabification: a‧brir el a‧pe‧ti‧to
Verb
abrir el apetito (first-person singular present abro el apetito, first-person singular preterite abrí el apetito, past participle abierto el apetito)
- to make [someone] hungry
- Synonym: despertar el apetito
- se me abre el apetito
- I'm working up an appetite
- 2017, Dr. Juan Rivera, Santo Remedio:
- Esta acción abre el apetito y facilita la digestión de los alimentos.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Further reading
- “abrir, o despertar, el apetito”, 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