house-hunting

UK: /ˈhaʊsˌhʌn.tɪŋ/ US: /-t̮ɪŋ/

Translation

to be house-hunting

⇨ estar buscando casa

When I met her, she was house-hunting

Cuando la conocí, estaba buscando casa

to go house-hunting

⇨ ir a buscar casa

They're going househunting tomorrow

Mañana irán a buscar casa

(Definition of house-hunting from the Diccionario Cambridge Compact English-Spanish © Cambridge University Press and Ediciones SM 2011)

to get rid of something or someone that is not wanted or needed

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