ansia

n. anxiety, disquiet, uneasiness

n. anxiety, worry; anguish; yearning, longing

v. yearn, desire; urge on; covet

n. yearning, desire, craving, hankering, longing, eagerness, thirst, want, heat, death agony, nausea

= yearning, craving, thirst.
Ex: A flood of feeling welled up in him about life and death and beauty and suffering and transitoriness and the yearning of his unsatisfied soul for a happiness not to be found on earth which poured out in 'Ode to a Nightingale'.
Ex: The craving for data to document the status and excellence of library service is very real.
Ex: The thirst grew not just for preservation but for circulation of stories that gave meaning to life and coherence to communities.
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* ansia de aventura = thirst for adventure.
* ansia de saber = thirst for knowledge.
* ansias de = hunger for, lust for, greed for.
* ansias de cambiar de sitio = itchy feet.
* ansias de conocer mundo = wanderlust.
* ansias de viajar = itchy feet.
* con ansias de conquistar el mundo = world-conquering.
* con ansias de leer = reading-desirous.
* con ansias de poder = power-hungry.

= gag for, lust (for/after/over), yearn.
Ex: Ireland is gagging for affordable broadband, according to a survey of 1400 net users.
Ex: These two women were Samaria and Jerusalem, lusting after foreigners and foreign ways, and abandoning their god for shallow and ephemeral pleasures.
Ex: Since time immemorial, people have yearned for an immediate way to capture living moments in a picture.