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die

/daɪ/ [died, dying]

Translation

v [i]
morir(se)
He died of a heart attack
Murió de un ataque al corazón
to die of old age
morirse de viejo
to be dying to do sth (inform)
morirse de ganas por hacer algo
(tb to be dying for sth)
to die away to die down to die off to die outVéase tb: to die hard; to die of hunger
(Definition of die v from the Diccionario Cambridge Compact English-Spanish © Cambridge University Press and Ediciones SM 2011)

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