desejar — meaning in English
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English meaning
- covet verb To want something very badly, often something that belongs to someone else.
- desire verb To want something strongly.
- dream noun A series of images, thoughts, or feelings experienced during sleep.
- hunger noun The physical need or desire to eat.
- itch noun An uncomfortable feeling on the skin that makes you want to scratch.
- want verb To wish for or desire something.
- will verb A modal verb used to talk about the future, often with a sense of intention or certainty.
- wish noun A hope or desire for something, especially something not fully within your control.
Senses
desejar is used for these senses in English:
- covet (transitive) To wish for with eagerness; to desire possession of, often enviously.
- dream (intransitive) To hope, to wish.
- hunger (figuratively, intransitive, usually, _, with 'for' or 'after') To have a desire (for); to long; to yearn.
- itch (intransitive) To have a constant, teasing urge; to feel strongly motivated; to want or desire something.
- long for (transitive) To have a desire for (a thing or an event).
- want (intransitive) To desire (to experience desire); to wish.
- wish (intransitive, followed by for) To hope (for a particular outcome), even if that outcome is unlikely to occur or cannot occur.
desire — full definition
- verb To want something strongly.
- noun A strong feeling of wanting something.