хотеться

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Russian

Etymology

хоте́ть (xotétʹ) +‎ -ся (-sja)

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Verb

хоте́ться (xotétʹsjaimpf (perfective захоте́ться)

  1. (impersonal) to want, to desire, to feel like (doing/having/etc.)
    мне хо́чется ...mne xóčetsja ...I’d like ...
    • 1888, Anton Chekhov, Спать хочется [Sleepy]‎:
      Когда́ бе́гаешь и хо́дишь, спать уже́ не так хо́чется, как в сидя́чем положе́нии.
      Kogdá bégaješʹ i xódišʹ, spatʹ užé ne tak xóčetsja, kak v sidjáčem položénii.
      When you run and walk, you no longer want to sleep as much as when in a sitting position.
    • 1971, Gavriil Troyepolsky, Белый Бим Чёрное ухо [White Bim Black Ear]:
      Не хотелось ни есть, ни пить - ничего не хотелось.
      Ne xotelosʹ ni jestʹ, ni pitʹ - ničevo ne xotelosʹ.
      He desired neither food nor drink - He desired nothing.
  2. passive of хоте́ть (xotétʹ)

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  • Finnish: hotsittaa (to want, colloquial)