Meaning of "desire"

desire •

n.
• • wish: nais, nasa, ibig, gusto, hangad

v.
• • to like, to want: gumusto, gustuhin, umibig, ibigin

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greed

n.
• • intense and selfish desire for something, esp. wealth, power, or food : katakawan, kasakiman, kasibaan

appetite

n.
• • 1. a relish for food or drink: gana
  • 2. a desire, inclination: hilig, gusto, pagkagusto, pagkakagusto

thirsty

adj.
• • feeling a desire to drink: uhaw, nauuhaw

sate

v.
• • 1. to satisfy fully (any appetite or desire): magbigaykasiyahan, bigyang-kasiyahan, bumundat, bundatin, busugin nang husto
  • 2. to supply with so much as to disgust or weary: magpasawa, papagsawain
  • 3. to become fully satisfied so as to be disgusted or weary of: magsawa, sumawa

hope

n.
• • 1. a feeling that what you desire will happen: pag-asa
  • 2. act of hoping: pag-asa
  • 3. the thing hoped for: asahan

v.
• • to wish and expect: umasa, asahan

hungry

adj.
• • 1. feeling a desire or need for food: gutom
  • 2. eager: sabik

v.
• • to have a feeling of hunger: magutom

long

adj.
• • 1. mahaba
  • 2. long in distance: malayo
  • 3. long in time: matagal, malaon, malawig

v.
• • 1. to wish very much: manabik, panabikan
  • 2. to anxiously await or desire, crave: umasam, asamin
  • 3. to become long: humaba
  • 4. to take a long time: magtagal, tumagal
  • 5. to make long or longer in length: habaan
  • 6. to make longer in time: magpatagal, patagalin

will

n.
• • 1. the power of the mind to decide and do: loob, kalooban, kalooban
  • 2. a wish, desire: nais, nasa, pita, hangad, gusto, gusto, kagustuhan, ibig, kaibigan
  • 3. a legal statement of a persons wishes about what shall be done with his properties after his death: testamento, huling habilin
  • 4. a disposition or feeling towards another: kalooban, kalooban, palagay, pagpapalagay
  • 5. a commmand: utos, atas

v.
• • 1. to determine, to decide: magpasiya, pasiyahan, pagpasiyahan, ipasiya
  • 2. to decide by using this power, to use the will: gumusto, gustuhin, loobin, nasain, naisin, ibigin
  • 3. to give a legal statement of a persons wishes about what shall be done with his property: magtestamento, isatestamento
  • 4. (as auxiliary verb) to be going to, to be about to: rendered by the future tense of the verb

lust

n.
• • 1. a strong desire (often in bad sense): kasakiman, katakawan
  • 2. the desire for indulgence of sex: libog, kalibugan

v.
• • to have a strong desire for sensual pleasure: malibugan luster

itch

n.
• • 1. a tickly, prickling feeling in the skin: kati, pangangati
  • 2. restless, uneasy longing or desire for anything: hindi (di, di-) pagkapalagay, (di, di-) pagkakakali

v.
• • 1. to cause itchy feeling in the skin: magpakati, makapangati, pakatihin
  • 2. to feel itchy in the skin: kumati, mangati, pangatihan
  • 3. to be restless with any desire: hindi (di, di-) mapalagay o mapakali its pron. No specific Tagalog equivalent. Nito, Niyon, meaning "of this," "of that" are used

ambition

n.
• • 1. a wish, intention: adhika, ambisyon, hangarin
  • 2. a fervent or tenacious wish, desire or ideal: lunggati mithi

wish

v.
• • 1. to desire: magnais, naisin, magnasa, nasain, maghangad, hangarin, ibigin, gumusto, gustuhin
  • 2. to greet: bumati, batiin
  • 3. to have a fervent desire: maglunggati, lunggatiin, magmithi, mithiin

n.
• • 1. a desire: nais, pagnanais, nasa, pagnanasa, gusto, gusto, kagustuhan, ibig, kaibigan
  • 2. a fervent wish: lunggati, mithi

nais

v.
• • naisin (-in) to desire, to wish [syn. gusto]. Naisin man niyang sumama ay puno na ang sasakyan. Even though he wanted to come along, the vehicle was already full.

wili

adj.
• • fondness, accustomed, fond of. wiling-wili 'very much at home'

v.
• • mawili (ma-) to become engrossed or interested, to desire to continue with an experience because of its pleasantness, attractiveness or profit. Nawili ako sa pagtutugtog ng gitara. I got wrapped up in the guitar music.

gusto

pv.
• • want, like [syn. ibig] gumusto, gustohin (-um-:-in)

v.
• • to like, to want, to desire. Ginusto ng lalaki ang biyuda. The man desired the widow.

ibig

p v.
• • want, like, wish, desire [syn. gusto]. Ibig niyang kumain ng suha. He wants to eat the grapefruit. umibig, mang-ibig, ibigin (-um-, mang-:-in)

v.
• • to want, to like, to desire, to wish, to love. Umibig si Nora kay Tirso. Nora loves Tirso. mangingibig

n.
• • beau, suitor

hangad

n.
• • desire, interest, intent

interes

Sp n.
• • 1. percentage of profit or gain on a sum of money [syn. tubo', patubo']
  • 2. sympathetic feeling
  • 3. desire to obtain or possess

nasa

• • 1. nasa part. particle marking nouns indicating position or location of something
  • 2. nasa'

n.
• • wish, want, desire [syn. nais]