feel like

Verb

 * 1) To have a desire for something, or to do something.
 * 2) To perceive oneself to resemble (something); to have the sense of being (something).
 * 3) To feel that something is likely to happen; to predict.
 * I feel like it will rain all week.
 * She felt like the dog could start biting at any moment.
 * 1) To give a perception of something; to appear or to seem
 * It felt like rain, but it barely drizzled.
 * It feels like Gerald is the likely suspect.
 * It felt like rain, but it barely drizzled.
 * It feels like Gerald is the likely suspect.

Usage notes

 * feel like can be followed by either a noun or by a gerund e.g. After a long day chopping wood, I felt like (taking) a bath.

Derived terms

 * feel like death
 * feel like oneself

Related terms

 * would like

Translations

 * Arabic:
 * Bengali:
 * Catalan: ,
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:, ,
 * Danish: have lyst til
 * Dutch: zin hebben
 * Esperanto:
 * Estonian: viitsima
 * Finnish: tehdä mieli, ,
 * French: de
 * German: Lust haben auf
 * Hebrew:
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic: langa í, nenna
 * Ingrian: kehata
 * Irish: fonn a bheith ort chun
 * Italian: avere voglia di
 * Japanese: ほしい hoshii
 * Ladin: avëi ueia de
 * Portuguese: ter vontade de,, estar a fim de
 * Russian: (the person wanting in dative +), (the person wanting in dative +) хоте́лось бы, (politeness is expressed by adding  to the past tense forms, e.g. "я хоте́л(а) бы" - "I'd like" (m/f)),
 * Spanish: tener ganas de,, estar por la labor
 * Swedish: känna för


 * Arabic:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 感覺自己像
 * Danish:
 * Finnish: tuntua kuin
 * French: se sentir comme
 * German: so scheinen als ob, sich so anfühlen als ob
 * Hungarian: (úgy) érzi magát (, mint/mintha...)
 * Portuguese: sentir-se como
 * Spanish: sentirse como