long for

English

Verb

long for (third-person singular simple present longs for, present participle longing for, simple past and past participle longed for)

(transitive) To have a desire for; to yearn for; to crave for; to pine for; to hanker for
(transitive) To miss someone

Related terms

Translations

to have desire for; to yearn

Azerbaijani: darıxmaq (az)
Catalan: enyorança
Chinese:
Mandarin: 願望 (zh), 愿望 (zh) (yuànwàng), 渴望 (zh) (kěwàng)
Dalmatian: bramur
Dutch: begeren (nl)
Finnish: ikävöidä (fi), kaivata (fi)
French: convoiter (fr)
German: begehren (de), Sehnsucht (de)
Greek:
Ancient Greek: ὁμείρομαι (homeíromai), ποθέω (pothéō)

Italian: bramare (it)
Latin: cupio
Mongolian: үгүйлэх (mn) (ügüjleh)
Navajo: íítʼiʼ
Norwegian: lange (no)
Portuguese: desejar (pt)
Spanish: anhelar (es)
Swedish: längta efter

to miss

Arabic: اِشْتَاقَ‎ (ištāqa)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 想念 (zh) (xiǎngniàn), 思念 (zh) (sīniàn), 盼念 (zh) (pànniàn)
Dutch: verlangen (nl)
Finnish: ikävöidä (fi), kaivata (fi)
French: languir (fr)

German: sich sehnen, verlangen (de)
Japanese: あこがれる (ja) (akogareru), 憧れる (ja) (akogareru), 恋い慕う (koishitau)
Latin: desidero
Russian: скуча́ть (ru) (skučátʹ), тоскова́ть (ru) (toskovátʹ), жа́ждать (ru) (žáždatʹ), стреми́ться (ru) (stremítʹsja)
Spanish: echar de menos (es)
Swedish: längta tillbaka till

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