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adverb desesperadamentetr['desprətlɪ]1 (struggle, fight, try) desesperadamente; (need) urgentemente, con urgencia; (ill) gravemente, de gravedad; (as intensifier - difficult, serious, urgent) sumamente, extremadamente; (in love) locamentedesperately ['dɛspərətli] adv: desesperadamente, urgentementeadv.• desesperadamente adv.'despərətlia) < struggle> desesperadamenteb) < need> urgentemente, con urgenciashe's desperately ill — está gravemente enferma, está gravísima
we're not desperately busy at the moment — (colloq) no estamos lo que se dice ocupadísimos
['despǝrɪtlɪ]ADV1) (=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 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 alma2) (=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•
to try desperately hard to do sth — esforzarse mucho por hacer algo•
desperately ill — muy grave, gravemente enfermo•
to be desperately short of sth — andar escasísimo de algo3) * (=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
"hungry?" - "not desperately" — -¿tienes hambre? -puedo aguantar
* * *['despərətli]a) < struggle> desesperadamenteb) < need> urgentemente, con urgenciashe's desperately ill — está gravemente enferma, está gravísima
we're not desperately busy at the moment — (colloq) no estamos lo que se dice ocupadísimos
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desperately ['desprətlɪ](a) (hopelessly, seriously) désespérément;∎ their country is desperately poor leur pays est d'une pauvreté désespérante;∎ he was desperately ill with malaria il était gravement atteint par le paludisme;∎ they're desperately in love ils s'aiment éperdument(b) (recklessly) désespérément;∎ the soldiers fought desperately les soldats se battaient désespérément ou avec acharnement(c) (as intensifier) terriblement;∎ he desperately wanted to become an actor il voulait à tout prix devenir acteur;∎ we're desperately busy at the moment nous sommes terriblement occupés en ce moment;∎ he's desperately sorry il est affreusement désolé;∎ do you want to go? - not desperately tu veux y aller? - pas vraimentUn panorama unique de l'anglais et du français > desperately
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