(usually with for) to want (something) very much; to long (for someone or something, or to do something)
Example: He knew that his wife was pining for home.
Arabic: يَذوب حَسْرَةً ، يَشْتاق
Chinese (Simplified): 渴望
Chinese (Traditional): 渴望
Czech: toužit (po)
Danish: længes
Dutch: smachten
Estonian: igatsema
Finnish: ikävöidä
French: languir pour
German: sich sehnen
Greek: λαχταρώ, λιώνω για κτ.
Hungarian: sóvárog
Icelandic: þrá
Indonesian: mendambakan
Japanese: 思いこがれる
Korean: 애타게 그리워하다
Latvian: ilgoties; skumt
Lithuanian: ilgėtis
Norwegian: lengte sårt
Polish: tęsknić
Portuguese (Brazil): ter saudade
Portuguese (Portugal): estar com saudades de
Romanian: a tânji (după)
Russian: жаждать; тосковать
Slovak: túžiť (po)
Slovenian: hrepeneti
Spanish: suspirar por, anhelar por
Swedish: tråna, trängta
Turkish: özlemek
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary (Beta Version), © 2000-2006 K Dictionaries Ltd.
Chinese (Simplified): 渴望
Chinese (Traditional): 渴望
Czech: toužit (po)
Danish: længes
Dutch: smachten
Estonian: igatsema
Finnish: ikävöidä
French: languir pour
German: sich sehnen
Greek: λαχταρώ, λιώνω για κτ.
Hungarian: sóvárog
Icelandic: þrá
Indonesian: mendambakan
Japanese: 思いこがれる
Korean: 애타게 그리워하다
Latvian: ilgoties; skumt
Lithuanian: ilgėtis
Norwegian: lengte sårt
Polish: tęsknić
Portuguese (Brazil): ter saudade
Portuguese (Portugal): estar com saudades de
Romanian: a tânji (după)
Russian: жаждать; тосковать
Slovak: túžiť (po)
Slovenian: hrepeneti
Spanish: suspirar por, anhelar por
Swedish: tråna, trängta
Turkish: özlemek
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary (Beta Version), © 2000-2006 K Dictionaries Ltd.