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Word of the Day for Saturday, February 8, 2014

maw \maw\, noun:

1. the symbolic or theoretical center of a voracious hunger or appetite of any kind: the ravenous maw of Death.
2. the mouth, throat, or gullet of an animal, especially a carnivorous mammal.
3. a cavernous opening that resembles the open jaws of an animal: the gaping maw of hell.

I will glut the maw of death, until it be satiated with the blood of your remaining friends.
-- Mary Shelley, Frankenstein, 1818

The team of seven had been created to browse and graze through all existing writings, and to make a catalog of all that was swept into the team's collective maw.
-- Simon Winchester, The Professor and the Madman, 1998

Maw comes to us from the Old English maga meaning "stomach." Its figurative use first appeared in the late 1300s.

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Saturday, February 8, 2014

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apetecer, verb
to feel like

If you like something you probably know that the basic way to say so is with gustar:

Me gusta jugar al béisbol.
I like playing baseball.

Apetecer, to feel like, is a word you are likely to come across in Spain, but not in Latin America, and it works in the same way as gustar. If the thing you feel like is singular, or is a verb, you use apetecer in the singular:

Me apetece un té.
I feel like a tea.

If the thing you feel like is plural, you use apetecer in the plural:

Me apetecían cosas nuevas.
I felt like something different.

A polite way for a waiter in Spain to ask what you want to eat is:

¿Qué le apetece comer señor?
What would you like to eat, sir?

To say ‘no’ very politely in Spain, you can also use apetecer:

¿Quieres salir a cenar hoy? - No, gracias, ahora no me apetece.
Would you like to go out to dinner tonight? No thanks, I don’t feel like it just now.

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