hunt [hʌnt]
noun
hunt(
huhnt
)A transitive verb is a verb that requires a direct object (e.g. I bought a book.).
1. (to kill)
The hunters went with their shotguns to hunt ducks.Los cazadores iban con sus escopetas a cazar patos.
The vampire hunter said he needed stakes in order to hunt the vampires.El cazador de vampiros dijo que necesitaba estacas para cazar a los vampiros.
2. (to search for)
a. buscar
The police are hunting a missing person.La policÃa está buscando a una persona desaparecida.
b. ir a la caza de (a criminal)
The police are hunting the fugitives.La policÃa va a la caza de los fugitivos.
3. (to use)
a. usar para ir de caza
The earl hunted hounds every season.El conde cada temporada usaba sabuesos para ir de caza.
4. (to go hunting in)
An intransitive verb is one that does not require a direct object (e.g. The man sneezed.).
5. (to kill animals)
b. ir de caza (as a sport)
You need a license to hunt in my country.Necesitas una licencia para ir de caza en mi paÃs.
c. ir de cacerÃa (as a sport)
Most hunters don't eat the game. They only hunt for sport.La mayorÃa de los cazadores no se comen la caza. Solo van de cacerÃa por diversión.
6. (to search; used with "for")
a. buscar
The bus was approaching, so I hunted for my ticket in my bag.El autobús se acercaba, asà que busqué el boleto en mi bolsa.
A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling or idea (e.g. man, dog, house).
7. (killing of animals)
b. la cacerÃa (F)
(f) means that a noun is feminine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
During the hunt, the hounds caught ten hares.Durante la cacerÃa, los sabuesos atraparon diez liebres.
8. (hunters)
a. la partida de caza (F)
(f) means that a noun is feminine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
The hunt departed very early in the morning.La partida de caza salió muy temprano por la mañana.
9. (search)
a. la búsqueda (F)
(f) means that a noun is feminine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
My cousin is on the hunt for a husband.Mi prima está a la búsqueda de un marido.
huntNountransitive verbintransitive verb
A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling or idea (e.g. man, dog, house).
1. (for animals)
a. la caza(F)
(f) means that a noun is feminine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
2. (for person, work)
a. la búsqueda f, caza(F)
(f) means that a noun is feminine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
A transitive verb is a verb that requires a direct object (e.g. I bought a book.).
3. (fox, deer)
a. cazar
to hunt a criminalir tras la pista de un delincuente
An intransitive verb is one that does not require a direct object (e.g. The man sneezed.).
4. (search)
a.
to hunt forir en búsqueda or
5. (kill animals)
a. cazar
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