"ache for" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: aches for [present, singular, third-person], aching for [participle, present], ached for [participle, past], ached for [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} ache for (third-person singular simple present aches for, present participle aching for, simple past and past participle ached for)
  1. To desire or want something, or someone, very much. Translations (to desire or want very much): verlangen (Dutch), smachten naar (Dutch), λαχταρώ (lachtaró) (Greek), πονώ (ponó) (Greek), pożądać (Polish), anhelar (Spanish), ansiar (Spanish), längta efter (Swedish)

Inflected forms

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          "sense": "to desire or want very much",
          "word": "anhelar"
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          "sense": "to desire or want very much",
          "word": "ansiar"
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          "sense": "to desire or want very much",
          "word": "längta efter"
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      "word": "ansiar"
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      "sense": "to desire or want very much",
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