hunt

S2 W2

BrE /hʌnt/ AmE /hənt/

verb en → es

past hunted pp hunted ing hunting

1 HUNT ANIMALS [transitive] B1

to try to catch or kill animals for food, sport, or profit

cazar, cazar animales

  • hunt something/somebody

Collocations hunt deer · hunt for food

  • He goes hunting every weekend.

    Él va a cazar todos los fines de semana.

2 SEARCH [transitive] B1

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

  • They are hunting for clues.

    Están buscando pistas con cuidado.

3 PERSIST [transitive] B2

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

  • She has been hunting for a solution.

    Ella ha estado buscando una solución insistentemente.

Phrasal verbs

hunt down CHASE B2

perseguir, buscar a alguien con determinación

  • The police are hunting him down.

    La policía lo está buscando con determinación.

hunt for SEARCH B1

buscar, buscar cuidadosamente

  • They are hunting for a new home.

    Están buscando una nueva casa con cuidado.

Idioms

hunt in packs C1

cazar en manadas, trabajar juntos para lograr algo

  • The politicians hunt in packs to get what they want.

    Los políticos trabajan juntos como una manada para conseguir lo que quieren.

hunt high and low B2

buscar en todas partes, buscar exhaustivamente

  • I hunted high and low for my keys.

    Busqué exhaustivamente mis llaves.