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wish [wɪʃ]
sustantivo
1. deseo (m) (desire)
- to make a wish -> pedir un deseo
- to have no wish to do something -> no tener ningún deseo de hacer algo
- to do something against somebody's wishes -> hacer algo en contra de los deseos de alguien
2. (greeting)
- (with) best wishes -> un saludo cordial or afectuoso (in letter, on card)
- they send you their best wishes -> te envían saludos or saludes (CAm, español de Colombia, spanól de Ecuador)
verbo transitivo
3. desear, querer (want)
- to wish to do something -> desear hacer algo
- it is to be wished that… -> sería deseable que…
- to wish somebody well -> desearle a alguien lo mejor
- to wish somebody luck/a pleasant journey -> desear a alguien suerte/un buen viaje
4. (want something impossible, unlikely)
- I wish I had seen it! -> ¡ojalá lo hubiera visto!
- I wish I hadn't left so early -> ojalá no me hubiera marchado tan pronto
- wish you were here! -> te echo de menos(on postcard), te extraño (Am)
verbo intransitivo
también:
- to wish for something -> desear algo
- what more could you wish for? -> ¿qué más se puede pedir or desear?
- as you wish -> como quieras
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wish [uish]
1. Desear, querer, apetecer lo que no se posee.
2. Pedir o suplicar para conseguir lo que se desea.
3. Anhelar, ansiar, desear con ansia o tener ansia o deseo vehemente de conseguir alguna cosa.
4. Estar inclinado o dispuesto a hacer algo.
- I wish you joy -> le doy a Ud
sustantivo
interrogación
- I wish -> ¡ Ojalá
va. la enhorabuena o el parabié ¡Quiera el cielo!
1. Anhelo, ansia, deseo (desire); la cosa deseada.
- To make a -> pedir un deseo
2. Petición, demanda, expresión de un deseo.
- Wish-bone -> hueso de la pechuga en las aves; hueso delgado ahorquillado formado por la unión de las clavículas, se le llama a veces merry-thought
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