antojo
See also: antojó
Portuguese
Etymology 1
Deverbal from antojar.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɐ̃ˈto.ʒu/
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɐ̃ˈtɔ.ʒu/
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /anˈtoxo/ [ãn̪ˈt̪o.xo]
- Rhymes: -oxo
- Syllabification: an‧to‧jo
Noun
antojo m (plural antojos)
- whim, impulse, craving
- Synonym: capricho
- (Can we date this quote?), Laura Esquivel, Como Agua Para Chocolate, page 69:
- "Y así como un poeta juega con las palabras, así ella jugaba a su antojo con los ingredientes y con las cantidades, obteniendo resultados fenomenales."
- And, like a poet plays with words, she played to her whims with ingredients and amounts, obtaining phenomenal results.
- birthmark
- Synonym: lunar
Derived terms
Further reading
- “antojo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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