abrir el apetito

Spanish

Verb

abrir el apetito (first-person singular present abro el apetito, first-person singular preterite abrí el apetito, past participle abierto el apetito)

to make [someone] hungry
se me abre el apetito
I'm working up an appetite
- 2017, Dr. Juan Rivera, Santo Remedio:
  Esta acción abre el apetito y facilita la digestión de los alimentos.
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Further reading

“abrir, o despertar, el apetito”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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