Translation? "me le antoje a alguien"

Question

I can't seem to understand the second part of this sentence: "cada vez que me caigo no es un fracaso ...es que me le antoje a alguien" Every time I fall is not a failure... It's just that..?? Que mas

Could you give more context, the verb caer has many meanings. - annierats, Mar 4, 2015

Annie, it looks like a play on words with "fall" as "to fall for someone" - 005faa61, Mar 4, 2015

yes, I thought so, but I couldn't make sense of it. Ahora caigo. Gracias. - annierats, Mar 4, 2015

Answer 1

This is a joke. At least in Mexico when someone drops by chance what he/she is eating, like an ice cream, his/her friends often say: "Someone must have liked the ice cream". It is presumed that the whim caused the ice cream to crumble.

So every time you fall is because someone else fancied you.

Es una broma.

En México, al menos, cuando se nos cae de las manos algo que estamos comiendo, como un helado, nuestros amigos dicen: "De seguro se le antojó a alguien".

Se supone así que el helado se nos cayó porque a alguien más se le antojó.

Answer 2

It doesn´t make sense because antojarse can only be used in third person. We could say: es que se me antoja(e) a alguien (it´s that I fancy someone) or possibly in this case: es que se le antoja(e) a alguien (it´s that he/she fancies someone).

But in the end, it´s not written correctly.

Maybe there is a bit in the middle missing? I couldn't make out who was fancying who, either. - annierats, Mar 4, 2015