Spanish Word for thirst  

English Word: thirst

Spanish Word: sed
The Spanish Word for thirst
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Translated sentences containing 'thirst'
I have a great thirst for studying Spanish.
Tengo gran afán de estudiar español.
You have a thirst for lying.
Tienes afán de mentir.

This administration is driven by a thirst for power.
Esta administración está animada por una sed de poder.
Nor must we forget that livestock are dying of thirst.
Tampoco hemos de olvidar que el ganado se muere de sed.
The profits are too tempting, and the thirst for energy is too great.
Los beneficios son demasiado tentadores, y la sed de energía es demasiado grande.
The Chinese do business with anyone as long as it satisfies the thirst for oil.
Los chinos hacen negocios con cualquiera que satisfaga su sed de petróleo.
However, millions of people are being abandoned to hunger, thirst and sickness.
No obstante, se está dejando a millones de personas a merced del hambre, la sed y las enfermedades.
I will provide an answer to my own question: an insatiable thirst for profit.
Y respondo también de manera retórica que detrás de este dato se esconde un desmedido afán por lograr beneficios.
Of course we can understand their terrific thirst for freedom and independence after so many years of oppression.
Naturalmente, se puede entender la existencia de una formidable sed de libertad y de independencia tras tantos años de opresión.
It is the thirst for profit of large pharmaceutical companies that is responsible for this, and they enjoy the compelling support of the governments.
El responsable es el afán de lucro de las grandes empresas farmacéuticas, y reciben del imperioso apoyo de los gobiernos.
In its political aspects, unfortunately, all this is overshadowed by the thirst for a political smear campaign.
Por desgracia, en sus aspectos políticos todo esto ha sido eclipsado por la sed de una campaña política difamatoria.
Around 25 000 human beings die every die of starvation or thirst.
Cada día mueren unas 25 000 personas de hambre o de sed.
It is not just southern Italy that is in danger of dying of thirst, but the Po Valley as well.
El peligro de morir de sed no afecta solo al sur de Italia, sino también al valle del Po.
This is the request of millions of people who are still dying of hunger, thirst and disease, or because of wars.
Esta es la exigencia de millones de personas que siguen muriendo de hambre, de sed y de enfermedades, o debido a las guerras.
We are on a dangerous course with China's thirst for oil and the hunger that it exerts for African resources.
Nos encontramos en una situación peligrosa, por la sed china de crudo y su hambre por los recursos africanos.
Residents of Lithuania and the other Baltic countries really thirst for a European electric energy network.
Los residentes de Lituania y de otros países bálticos anhelan una red de energía eléctrica europea.
First of all, I sense an unhealthy thirst for power among many of my fellow Members.
En primer lugar, percibo una sed de poder enfermiza entre muchos de mis colegas diputados.
All these praiseworthy attempts eventually foundered on one person's thirst for power, that person being 'raïs' Yasser Arafat.
Todos esos loables intentos fracasaron finalmente como consecuencia del hambre de poder de una persona, el «raïs» Yasir Arafat.
Despite this, we do not need to leave Belarusian society at the mercy of Lukashenko’s unbridled thirst for power.
A pesar de ello, no necesitamos dejar a la sociedad bielorrusa a merced de la insaciable sed de poder de Lukashenko.
After all, it is thanks to a thirst for freedom that the European Union exists today, as freedom provided a basis for its creation.
Después de todo, gracias a la sed de libertad la Unión Europea existe actualmente, dado que sentó una base para su creación.
This, for me, is the most difficult aspect, because it will entail a radical change of mindset and behaviour in an era of fierce competitiveness and thirst for profit.
Esto, para mí, es el aspecto más difícil, ya que comporta un cambio radical de mentalidad y conducta en una era de competencia feroz y ansia de beneficios.
I am well aware that Mr Cohn-Bendit's thirst for knowledge knows no bounds.
Soy consciente de que la sed de conocimientos del señor Cohn-Bendit no tiene límites.
At the same time we should also be aware of the Chinese thirst and hunger for natural resources - their sort of resource-seeking motives.
Al mismo tiempo, deberíamos ser conscientes de la avidez china por el consumo de recursos naturales -los recursos que África puede ofrecer-.
My colleague Marco Pannella has been on hunger and thirst strike since midnight last Saturday to protest against the unlawful actions of the President of the Italian Republic.
Mi colega el señor Pannella lleva en huelga de hambre y sed desde medianoche del sábado pasado en protesta contra las acciones del Presidente de la República de Italia.
Large numbers are dying of hunger, thirst and disease, and every fourth Somali child dies before the age of five.
Miles de personas mueren de hambre, sed y todo tipo de enfermedades, y uno de cada cuatro niños somalíes muere antes de los cinco años.
This means that in the civilisation of the 21st century, millions of people are suffering thirst and dying as a result of diseases caused by drinking contaminated water.
Esto significa que en la civilización del siglo XXI, millones de personas tienen sed y están falleciendo como resultado de enfermedades provocadas por beber agua contaminada.
(NL) Mr President, in the Pacific region, thousands of people are having to move because their islands are being flooded; in Sudan, the livestock is dying of thirst.
(NL) Señor Presidente, en la región del Pacífico miles de personas se han visto obligadas a trasladarse porque sus islas están quedando inundadas; en Sudán, el ganado muere de sed.
We need to do something, because it is scandalous that people are dying of starvation and thirst, and do not even have anything to keep body and soul together.
Tenemos que hacer algo, porque resulta escandaloso que haya gente que muera de hambre y sed, y ni siquiera tengan algo para mantener su dignidad.
Undoubtedly what comes first is the people's ability to stand up to oppression, to express their thirst for freedom, and to quietly display their courage.
No cabe duda de que lo esencial es la capacidad de la gente para rechazar la opresión, expresar su sed de libertad y manifestar tranquilamente su valor.
I can assure you, the thirst of the Heads of State and of Government for European democracy in Amsterdam was, God knows, very slight.
Les puedo asegurar que la sed de democracia europea que los Jefes de Estado y de Gobierno manifestaron tener en Amsterdam fue, Dios lo sabe, muy pequeña.
They run the risk of dying an unusually painful death, brought on by either thirst or lack of oxygen.
Son personas que corren el riesgo de morir muy cruelmente a causa de la sed o de la falta de oxígeno.
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