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yearn

UK: /jɜːn/ US: /jɝːn/

Translation

to yearn {for/to do} sth
anhelar algo
suspirar por algo
He yearned for a holiday
Suspiraba por unas vacaciones
(Definition of yearn from the Diccionario Cambridge Compact English-Spanish © Cambridge University Press and Ediciones SM 2011)

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