See look forward to in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"approval"
],
[
"pleasure",
"pleasure"
],
[
"excite",
"excite"
],
[
"eager",
"eager"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive, idiomatic) To anticipate, expect, or wait for, especially with a feeling of approval or pleasure; to be excited or eager to."
],
"tags": [
"idiomatic",
"transitive"
]
}
],
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"translations": [
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "očakvam",
"sense": "anticipate, expect, or wait for",
"word": "очаквам"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "anticipate, expect, or wait for",
"word": "esperar amb il·lusió"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "qīdài",
"sense": "anticipate, expect, or wait for",
"word": "期待"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "xiàngwǎng",
"sense": "anticipate, expect, or wait for",
"word": "向往"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "pànwàng",
"sense": "anticipate, expect, or wait for",
"word": "盼望"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "bāwàng",
"sense": "anticipate, expect, or wait for",
"word": "巴望"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "děngbují",
"sense": "anticipate, expect, or wait for",
"word": "等不及"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "qīpàn",
"sense": "anticipate, expect, or wait for",
"word": "期盼"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "anticipate, expect, or wait for",
"word": "těšit se"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "anticipate, expect, or wait for",
"word": "glæde sig til"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "anticipate, expect, or wait for",
"word": "se frem til"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "anticipate, expect, or wait for",
"word": "uitkijken naar"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "anticipate, expect, or wait for",
"word": "zich verheugen op"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "anticipate, expect, or wait for",
"word": "antaŭĝoji (pri)"
},
{
"code": "fo",
"lang": "Faroese",
"note": "gleða seg (+ til + acc.)",
"sense": "anticipate, expect, or wait for"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"english": "eagerly",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "anticipate, expect, or wait for",
"word": "odottaa innolla"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"english": "excitedly",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "anticipate, expect, or wait for",
"word": "odottaa jännityksellä"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"note": "with interest",
"sense": "anticipate, expect, or wait for",
"word": "odottaa mielenkiinnolla"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "anticipate, expect, or wait for",
"word": "avoir hâte de"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "anticipate, expect, or wait for",
"word": "attendre avec impatience"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "anticipate, expect, or wait for",
"word": "espérer"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "anticipate, expect, or wait for",
"word": "sich freuen auf"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "prosvlépo",
"sense": "anticipate, expect, or wait for",
"word": "προσβλέπω"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "evelpistó",
"sense": "anticipate, expect, or wait for",
"word": "ευελπιστώ"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "anypomonó",
"sense": "anticipate, expect, or wait for",
"word": "ανυπομονώ"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "anticipate, expect, or wait for",
"word": "alig vár"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "anticipate, expect, or wait for",
"word": "örömmel vár"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "anticipate, expect, or wait for",
"word": "hlakka til"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "anticipate, expect, or wait for",
"word": "bheith ag súil le"
},
{
"code": "sga",
"lang": "Old Irish",
"sense": "anticipate, expect, or wait for",
"word": "fris·accai"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "anticipate, expect, or wait for",
"word": "non vedere l'ora"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "tanoshimi ni suru",
"sense": "anticipate, expect, or wait for",
"word": "楽しみにする"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "anticipate, expect, or wait for",
"word": "glede seg"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "anticipate, expect, or wait for",
"word": "se frem til"
},
{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "anticipate, expect, or wait for",
"word": "gle seg til"
},
{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "anticipate, expect, or wait for",
"word": "sjå fram til"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "moštâq budan",
"sense": "anticipate, expect, or wait for",
"word": "مشتاق بودن"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "anticipate, expect, or wait for",
"word": "nie móc się doczekać"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "anticipate, expect, or wait for",
"word": "ansiar"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "anticipate, expect, or wait for",
"word": "mal poder esperar"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "anticipate, expect, or wait for",
"word": "não ver a hora"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "anticipate, expect, or wait for",
"word": "abia aștepta"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "ždatʹ s neterpénijem",
"sense": "anticipate, expect, or wait for",
"word": "ждать с нетерпе́нием"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "ne močʹ doždátʹsja",
"sense": "anticipate, expect, or wait for",
"word": "не мочь дожда́ться"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "predvkušátʹ",
"sense": "anticipate, expect, or wait for",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "предвкуша́ть"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "anticipate, expect, or wait for",
"word": "dèan fiughair ri"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "anticipate, expect, or wait for",
"word": "radovati se"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "anticipate, expect, or wait for",
"word": "tešiť sa"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "anticipate, expect, or wait for",
"word": "veseliti se"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "anticipate, expect, or wait for",
"word": "esperar"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "anticipate, expect, or wait for",
"word": "tener pensado"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "anticipate, expect, or wait for",
"word": "no ver la hora"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "anticipate, expect, or wait for",
"word": "se fram emot"
},
{
"code": "te",
"lang": "Telugu",
"roman": "edurucūcu",
"sense": "anticipate, expect, or wait for",
"word": "ఎదురుచూచు"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "anticipate, expect, or wait for",
"word": "iple çekmek"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "anticipate, expect, or wait for",
"word": "dört gözle beklemek"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "ne mohty dočekatysja",
"sense": "anticipate, expect, or wait for",
"word": "не могти дочекатися"
}
],
"word": "look forward to"
}
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