feel like

tener ganas de, apetecer

Desear algo o tener ganas de hacer algo en ese momento.

En inglés sencillo: To want something or want to do something at that moment.

• I feel like a cup of tea.
• She did not feel like cooking last night.
• Do you feel like joining us for lunch?

Cómo se usa: feel like something (I feel like some soup.); feel like doing something (Do you feel like going for a walk?)

Sinónimos: want, fancy

Expresiones frecuentes: feel like something, feel like going out

sentirse como

Tener la sensación de ser cierto tipo de persona o cosa.

En inglés sencillo: To have the sense that you are a particular kind of person or thing.

• I feel like a child again.
• She felt like a winner after passing the test.
• Do you ever feel like an outsider here?

Cómo se usa: feel like + noun (I felt like a stranger in my own town.)

Sinónimos: feel as if you are

Expresiones frecuentes: feel like a fool, feel like an outsider

sentir como si, tener la sensación de que

Experimentar una sensación como si algo fuera cierto, aunque quizá no lo sea.

En inglés sencillo: To experience a feeling as if something were true, whether or not it really is.

• I feel like I am dreaming.
• He felt like the room was spinning.
• Do you feel like you have been here before?

Cómo se usa: feel like + clause (I felt like I was floating.)

Sinónimos: feel as though, feel as if

Expresiones frecuentes: feel like something happened, feel like you belong

parecer

Dar cierta impresión por su aspecto, sus características o su ambiente.

En inglés sencillo: To give someone a particular impression through its appearance, qualities, or atmosphere.

• This room feels like home.
• The soft fabric felt like silk.
• With the warm sunshine, today feels like summer.

Cómo se usa: something feels like something (This place feels like home.)

Sinónimos: seem like, resemble

Expresiones frecuentes: feel like home, feel like silk

tener la impresión de que, presentir

Tener una impresión fuerte de que algo va a ocurrir.

En inglés sencillo: To have a strong impression that something will happen.

• I feel like it will rain soon.
• She felt like the team would win that evening.
• Do you feel like things will improve next month?

Cómo se usa: feel like + clause about the future (I feel like we will win today.)

Sinónimos: expect, think, sense

Expresiones frecuentes: feel like it'll rain, feel like we'll win

sentirse como

Parecer al cuerpo que hace cierta temperatura, aunque el termómetro marque otra.

En inglés sencillo: To seem a certain temperature to your body, even if the measured temperature is different.

• It feels like ten degrees outside.
• Yesterday felt like forty degrees because of the humidity.
• The forecast says it will feel like minus five tonight.

Cómo se usa: feel like + temperature (It is twenty degrees, but it feels like fifteen.)

Expresiones frecuentes: feel like thirty degrees, feel like freezing weather