long for

English

Verb

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

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

Related terms

• longing
• not long for

Translations

to have desire for; to yearn

• Azerbaijani: darıxmaq (az)
• Catalan: enyorança (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 願望／愿望 (zh) (yuànwàng), 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)

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• Italian: bramare (it)
• Latin: cupio
• Mongolian: үгүйлэх (mn) (ügüjlex)
• 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)
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• 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

Anagrams

• for long, forlong