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title: "se me antoja"
translation: "I'm craving it. I feel like having some."
type: "word"
category: "expression"
url: "https://consalsa.app/words/se-me-antoja"
canonical: "https://consalsa.app/words/se-me-antoja"
published: "2026-10-09"
updated: "2026-10-09"
author: "Andrey the Nomad"
site: "ConSalsa.App"
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---

# se me antoja
URL: https://consalsa.app/words/se-me-antoja
Translation: I'm craving it. I feel like having some.
Pronunciation: /se me anˈto.xa/
Category: expression
Region: Mexico
Register: casual, warm, safe everywhere
Variants: se me antojan, se te antoja, ¿se te antoja?, se me antojó
Literal meaning: Un antojo is a craving - a want that arrives on its own. Antojarse is that happening to you rather than you deciding it.
Published: 2026-10-09

Quick answer:
- Se me antoja means I'm craving it, or I feel like having some.
- It patterns like gustar - the thing does the antojar-ing, so se me antoja un taco and se me antojan unos tacos.
- It works for actions as well as food: se me antoja ir al cine means the idea just became appealing.

What it means:
- A want that arrived without being invited. Somebody mentions something, or you walk past it, and suddenly it is what you want - and this is the phrase for exactly that moment.
- It is not a decision and it is not hunger. Tengo hambre is a state of the body; se me antoja is a specific thing becoming appealing, and you can have one without the other in either direction.
- There is a second sense that is not about craving at all, and you will hear it constantly: caprice. Hace lo que se le antoja means he does whatever he feels like. Cuando se me antoja is whenever I feel like it. Haz lo que se te antoje is do as you please. Same verb, and the appetite has drained out of it entirely.

Literal meaning:
- Un antojo is a craving, and antojarse is that craving happening. The grammar puts the taco in charge: it does the appealing and you just receive it, which is a fair description of how a craving actually works.
- That is why the verb agrees with the thing. Se me antoja un taco, se me antojan unos tacos. Yo antojo is not a sentence, in the same way yo gusto is not.

How Mexicans use it:
- The question is as common as the statement. ¿Se te antoja? is how somebody proposes food, and it is softer than ¿quieres? because it asks about the craving rather than asking you to commit.
- It works as a complete reaction to a photograph. Somebody posts a plate in a group chat and se me antojó is the whole reply, with the past tense doing the work - the craving already happened, and it is your fault.
- It stretches past food without any strain. Se me antoja ir al cine, se me antoja una chela, se me antoja no hacer nada hoy. Anything that can become suddenly appealing fits.
- The negative is useful and slightly regretful. No se me antoja nada is a real condition - nothing appeals - and it is what you say when somebody has read you four options and none of them landed.

Common mistake:
- Conjugating it toward yourself. Yo antojo and me antojo are the two ways learners break it. The thing being craved is the subject, so a plural thing takes antojan.
- Using it only for food. It covers plans, movies, naps and doing nothing, and a learner who restricts it to eating misses half of where Mexicans put it.
- Aiming it at a person. Se me antoja ese wey is sexual and objectifying, and a learner who has been told it works for anything appealing can produce it about a colleague by accident. For a person, me gusta.

Examples:
- Se me antoja un taco. — I could really go for a taco.
- Se me antojan unas quesadillas. — I'm craving quesadillas.
- ¿Se te antoja ir al cine? — Do you feel like going to the movies?
- No se me antoja nada, la verdad. — Honestly, nothing appeals right now.

Mini dialogue:
A: ¿Ya pensaste qué quieres cenar?
B: No sé. No se me antoja nada.
A: ¿Sopita? Está haciendo frío.
B: Mmm... ay, sí. Ahora sí se me antojó.
A: Ves. Nada más había que decirlo.

FAQ:
Q: What does se me antoja mean?
A: I'm craving it, or I feel like having some. It describes a want that arrived on its own rather than a decision you made.

Q: How does se me antoja work grammatically?
A: Like gustar. The thing being craved is the subject, so it is se me antoja un taco and se me antojan unos tacos. Yo antojo is not a sentence.

Q: What does ¿se te antoja? mean?
A: Do you feel like it, are you up for it. It is softer than ¿quieres? because it asks about the craving rather than asking you to commit.

Q: What does hace lo que se le antoja mean?
A: He does whatever he feels like. This is the caprice sense of the verb - no craving in it at all - and it is usually a complaint. Haz lo que se te antoje is the same thing said generously.

Q: Can se me antoja be used for things other than food?
A: Yes, constantly. Se me antoja ir al cine, se me antoja no hacer nada. Anything that can suddenly become appealing fits.

Q: What is the difference between se me antoja and quiero?
A: Quiero is a decision. Se me antoja is something that happened to you - the craving arrived and you are reporting it.

Q: What is an antojo?
A: A craving - the noun. Tengo antojo de algo dulce is a standing state, and it is the word used for pregnancy cravings specifically.

Q: Are antojitos related?
A: Yes, directly - they are the small things you eat because a craving arrived. Antojitos is the standard word and what menus print; garnacha is the colloquial one.

Related words: me-late, garnacha, echarse-un-taco, comida-corrida, caguama