Breakdown of Apetece-te trazer o grelhador?
trazer
to bring
te
you (informal object)
apetecer
to feel like (apetece-me...)
o grelhador
the grill
Questions & Answers about Apetece-te trazer o grelhador?
Why is the verb apetece in the third-person singular if the translation is "Do you feel like..."?
Apetecer is a dative-experiencer verb. This means the grammatical subject isn't the person feeling the desire, but rather the action being considered—in this case, trazer o grelhador (bringing the grill). The person is the indirect object (te). Literally, it translates closer to "Does bringing the grill appeal to you?".
Would it be wrong to say Te apetece trazer o grelhador?
Yes, in European Portuguese, you cannot start a sentence with an object pronoun. Because this is a direct question without any trigger words (like question words such as o que or onde), the pronoun must attach to the end of the verb with a hyphen (Apetece-te).
Why isn't there a preposition like de between apetece-te and trazer?
Unlike synonymous phrases like ter vontade de (to have the desire to), apetecer takes an infinitive verb directly without any preposition. Since trazer acts as the grammatical subject of the sentence, adding a preposition would be incorrect.
Could I use levar instead of trazer here?
It depends on the context. You use trazer (to bring) when the listener is bringing the grill to where the speaker is or will be. If the speaker and listener are both going to a separate third location, the speaker would instead ask if you feel like taking (levar) it there.
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