yearning in the Oxford Spanish Dictionary

Translations for yearning in the English»Spanish Dictionary (Go to Spanish»English)

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yearning1 [Am ˈjərnɪŋ, Brit ˈjəːnɪŋ] N U or C

yearn [Am jərn, Brit jəːn] VB intr

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inexpressible yearning/desire/beauty
inexpresable
inexpressible yearning/desire/beauty
indescriptible

Translations for yearning in the Spanish»English Dictionary (Go to English»Spanish)

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añoranza
yearning
añoranza de o por algo
yearning for sth
ansia
yearning
ansia de algo
yearning for sth
ansia de conocimientos/libertad
longing o thirst o yearning for knowledge/freedom
una mirada anhelante
a look full of longing o yearning
con voz anhelante
in a voice full of longing o yearning
añorar patria
to yearn for
añorar paz/tranquilidad
to yearn for
sus anhelos de gloria/paz
their yearning for glory/peace liter
suspirar por algo
to yearn o long for sth

yearning in the PONS Dictionary

yearning Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

to yearn to do sth
ansiar hacer algo
to yearn after sth
anhelar algo
to yearn for sth/sb
añorar algo/a alguien
yearning for sth
anhelo de algo
to have a yearning to do sth
tener ansias de hacer algo
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Anyone who reads it with the same yearnings will not have opened this book in vain.
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Lyrically, the song tells of feeling alone and yearning for love.
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Her poems dealt with the war and the early post-war period, often expressing a yearning for a peaceful past, but also hope for the future.
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One's left yearning for a hummable melody that might imprint one of these songs upon one's memory.
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However, that could not put an end to his yearning for learning.
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Both songs express a yearning and sorrow for the loss of a lover.
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At the same time, he developed a yearning for more academic work.
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The collection of the songs was designed to evoke the feeling of awe and the yearning for adventure remembered from youth.
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He may look jolly and funny, but deep inside he is yearning for love.
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Jae-yoon insists that her shoeholic tendency represents her yearning of her lost femininity and the reality that blocks her from exposing her feminine side.
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