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keen [kiːn] ADJ

1. keen (intent, eager):

keen

entusiasmado(-a)

keen student

aplicado(-a)

to be keen on sth/doing sth

gostar muito de a. c./fazer a. c.

to be keen to do sth

ter vontade de fazer a. c.

2. keen (perceptive):

keen intelligence

aguçado(-a)

3. keen (extreme):

keen

intenso(-a)

4. keen liter (sharp):

keen

afiado(-a)

Usage examples with keen

to be keen on sth/doing sth

gostar muito de a. c./fazer a. c.

to be keen to do sth

ter vontade de fazer a. c.

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

He has a keen sense of physical beauty in woman, and his verse is replete with suppressed passion, but he never sinks to sensuality. en.wikipedia.org

He is remembered as a keen educationalist and in his time a mixed school was erected in the parish. en.wikipedia.org

He was blue-eyed and keen-eyed and ruddy-cheeked with thick lustrous hair, blond and well-combed. en.wikipedia.org

He was a keen bibliophile, and built up an extensive collection of rare books. en.wikipedia.org

At the turn for home a group of spectators, keen to get a good view, had encroached onto the course without realising. en.wikipedia.org

This made him into a keen walker later on in life. en.wikipedia.org

He had a keen interest in photography and cinematography, and performed early experiments of color film, microcinematography and stereoscopic film. en.wikipedia.org

The duty-conscious jailor is only keen on nabbing him. en.wikipedia.org

He was a keen musician, poet and yachtsman. en.wikipedia.org

A keen footballer from a young age, he joined the local Cub Scout group purely so that he could play for their football team. en.wikipedia.org

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