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desperately

desperately
[ˈdespərətlɪ]
adverbio
1. desesperadamente (to fight, plead); perdidamente (in love)
  • desperately ill -> gravísimamente enfermo(a)
  • to be desperately sorry about something -> lamentar algo muchísimo

desperately [des-pe-reit-li]
adverbio
1. Desesperadamente (struggle); furiosamente.
  • She’s desperately ill -> está gravemente enferma
  • They desperately need it -> lo necesitan urgentemente
Urgentemente, con urgencia (need).

desperately [ˈdespərɪtlɪ]
adverb
1 (urgently, frantically) [+say, look] desesperadamente; con desesperación; [+try, struggle, look for] desesperadamente; [+fight] encarnizadamente; [+need, require] urgentemente; desesperadamente
to hope desperately for sth desear algo con todas sus fuerzas
to be desperately in love estar locamente or perdidamente enamorado
to be desperately in need of sth necesitar algo urgentemente
I desperately wanted to become a film director quería ser director de cine más que nada en el mundo or con todo el alma
2 (horribly) [+lonely, thin, shy, poor] terriblemente
we're not desperately busy at the moment no estamos lo que se dice terriblemente ocupados en este momento
it's desperately cold hace un frío terrible
to try desperately hard to do sth esforzarse mucho por hacer algo
I'm desperately hungry me muero de hambre
desperately ill muy grave; gravemente enfermo
I'm not desperately keen on the idea la idea no me vuelve loco
to be desperately short of sth andar escasísimo de algo
he's desperately unhappy es terriblemente desdichado
his family were desperately unhappy in England
my parents were desperately worried mis padres estaban preocupadísimos
he's not desperately intelligent he tries desperately hard to be funny
3 (very much, very)
"do you want to have children?" — "not desperately" —¿quieres tener hijos? —no estoy desesperado por tenerlos; it's not desperately important/urgent no es terriblemente importante/urgente; I'm not desperately keen no es que me entusiasme; "hungry?" — "not desperately" —¿tienes hambre? —puedo aguantar

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