Translation for "hanker after" to spanish

Hanker after

verb

• anhelar

Translation examples

anhelar verb

he convinced himself that if Robert did hanker after Anne, Anne safely ignored the infatuation.
se convenció de que, si Robert anhelara a Anne, esta ignoraría su encaprichamiento prudentemente.

The long delay since the excitement of Vavatch, and the boring routine of the life on the Clear Air Turbulence, had made them hanker after something more interesting.
El largo tiempo transcurrido desde las emociones de Vavatch y la aburrida rutina de la vida a bordo de la Turbulencia en cielo despejado habían hecho que empezaran a anhelar experiencias más interesantes.

It was no wonder if men hankered after the legitimate line again, as they watched poor Henry VI's inept friends frittering away the victories in France while Henry nursed his new foundation of Eton and besought the ladies at court to cover up their bosoms.
No es de extrañar que la gente anhelara el linaje legítimo al ver que los amigos ineptos del pobre Enrique VI dilapidaban las victorias en Francia mientras Enrique se ocupaba de Eton y rogaba a las damas de la corte que se cubrieran el pecho.

but at last there came times, chiefly when Geoffrey was busy on committee work, when he found himself hankering after open country and the smell of the sheep. For at these times there was nothing for him to do but wander about the streets watching the rather shabby crowds, listening to their monkey chatter, smelling their slightly unhealthy and frustrated odour, and feeling himself utterly alien to them.
Aunque al cabo de un tiempo empezó a anhelar el campo y el olor de las ovejas. Geoffrey lo dejaba solo ahora más a menudo, y Sirio mataba las horas vagando por las calles, observando las mal vestidas multitudes, escuchando sus simiescos parloteos, oliendo aquella insalubridad y frustración, y sintiéndose ajeno a todo.