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long3

UK: /lɒŋ/ US: /lɑːŋ/

Translation

to long for sth (form)
anhelar algo
to long to do sth (form)
anhelar algo
He was longing for his wedding day to arrive
Anhelaba que llegara el día de su boda
(Definition of long from the Diccionario Cambridge Compact English-Spanish © Cambridge University Press and Ediciones SM 2011)

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