OXFORD 9000
📚 verb • entry_id 8304

long for

Meanings (ES + gloss)
anhelar
To have a desire for (a thing or an event).
He was the object of my affection; I longed for him to notice me.
Oh how I long for this pandemic to end so we can go dancing again.
echar de menos
To miss (someone).
For some time he had not heard from his consort[…]His heart longed for her and his child.
“I will stay now, if you bid me,” she replied, as low. “See, I am going to my mother, who longs for me as I for her. I will not go unless you let me.”
Phrases
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