hunt
BrE /hʌnt/ AmE /hənt/
verb en → es
past hunted pp hunted ing hunting
to try to catch or kill animals for food, sport, or profit
cazar, cazar animales
- hunt something/somebody
Collocations hunt deer · hunt for food
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He goes hunting every weekend.
Él va a cazar todos los fines de semana.
to look for something or someone carefully and thoroughly, often over a wide area
buscar, buscar con cuidado
- hunt for something/somebody
Collocations hunt for information · hunt for a job
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They are hunting for clues.
Están buscando pistas con cuidado.
to try to get something or achieve a goal, often over a long period of time and despite difficulties
perseguir, buscar insistentemente
- hunt for something/somebody
Collocations hunt for success · hunt for happiness
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She has been hunting for a solution.
Ella ha estado buscando una solución insistentemente.
Phrasal verbs
perseguir, buscar a alguien con determinación
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The police are hunting him down.
La policía lo está buscando con determinación.
buscar, buscar cuidadosamente
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They are hunting for a new home.
Están buscando una nueva casa con cuidado.
Idioms
cazar en manadas, trabajar juntos para lograr algo
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The politicians hunt in packs to get what they want.
Los políticos trabajan juntos como una manada para conseguir lo que quieren.
buscar en todas partes, buscar exhaustivamente
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I hunted high and low for my keys.
Busqué exhaustivamente mis llaves.