Significado de hunt en inglés
hunthunt1 /hʌnt/ verb 
Ver todas las traducciones1[intransitive, transitive] to chase animals and birds in order to kill or catch themperseguir animales y aves para matarlos o atraparlos: 
the slopes where I hunted deer as a kidlas laderas donde cazaba ciervos de niño Wolves tend to hunt in packs (=hunt in groups).Los lobos tienden a cazar en manadas (=cazar en grupo).2[intransitive] to look for someone or something very carefullybuscar a alguien o algo con mucho cuidado SYN searchhunt for The kids were hunting for shells on the beach.Los niños buscaban conchas en la playa. Detectives are busy hunting for clues.Los detectives están ocupados buscando pistas.► see thesaurus at search3[intransitive, transitive] to search for and try to catch a criminal or someone who is your enemybuscar e intentar atrapar a un criminal o a un enemigo: The police are still hunting the killer.La policía sigue buscando al asesino.hunt for The FBI were called in to hunt for the spy.El FBI fue convocado para buscar al espía.4[intransitive, transitive] British English to hunt foxes as a sport, riding on horses and using dogscazar zorros como deporte, montando a caballo y usando perroshunt somebody/something ↔ down phrasal verb to search for a person or animal until you catch them, especially in order to punish or kill thembuscar a una persona o animal hasta atraparlos, especialmente para castigarlos o matarlos: The government agency was created to hunt down war criminals.El organismo gubernamental fue creado para cazar a los criminales de guerra.hunt somebody/something ↔ out phrasal verb1to search for someone or something in order to catch, kill, or destroy thembuscar a alguien o algo para atraparlo, matarlo o destruirlo: The plane was on a mission to hunt out enemy submarines.El avión estaba en misión para localizar submarinos enemigos.2to search for and find something that you need or want, but that is difficult to findbuscar y encontrar algo que se necesita o desea, pero que es difícil de encontrar: In the school library, he hunted out books on politics.En la biblioteca del colegio, buscó y encontró libros sobre política.
Ver todas las traducciones1[intransitive, transitive] to chase animals and birds in order to kill or catch themperseguir animales y aves para matarlos o atraparlos: the slopes where I hunted deer as a kidlas laderas donde cazaba ciervos de niño Wolves tend to hunt in packs (=hunt in groups).Los lobos tienden a cazar en manadas (=cazar en grupo).2[intransitive] to look for someone or something very carefullybuscar a alguien o algo con mucho cuidado SYN searchhunt for The kids were hunting for shells on the beach.Los niños buscaban conchas en la playa. Detectives are busy hunting for clues.Los detectives están ocupados buscando pistas.► see thesaurus at search3[intransitive, transitive] to search for and try to catch a criminal or someone who is your enemybuscar e intentar atrapar a un criminal o a un enemigo: The police are still hunting the killer.La policía sigue buscando al asesino.hunt for The FBI were called in to hunt for the spy.El FBI fue convocado para buscar al espía.4[intransitive, transitive] British English to hunt foxes as a sport, riding on horses and using dogscazar zorros como deporte, montando a caballo y usando perroshunt somebody/something ↔ down phrasal verb to search for a person or animal until you catch them, especially in order to punish or kill thembuscar a una persona o animal hasta atraparlos, especialmente para castigarlos o matarlos: The government agency was created to hunt down war criminals.El organismo gubernamental fue creado para cazar a los criminales de guerra.hunt somebody/something ↔ out phrasal verb1to search for someone or something in order to catch, kill, or destroy thembuscar a alguien o algo para atraparlo, matarlo o destruirlo: The plane was on a mission to hunt out enemy submarines.El avión estaba en misión para localizar submarinos enemigos.2to search for and find something that you need or want, but that is difficult to findbuscar y encontrar algo que se necesita o desea, pero que es difícil de encontrar: In the school library, he hunted out books on politics.En la biblioteca del colegio, buscó y encontró libros sobre política.hunthunt2 noun [countable] 1an occasion when people chase animals in order to kill or catch themocasión en que las personas persiguen animales para matarlos o atraparloslion/rhino/stag etc hunt2[usually singular] a search for someone or something that is difficult to findbúsqueda de alguien o algo difícil de encontrarhunt for the hunt for the missing childla búsqueda del niño desaparecidothe hunt is on (=used to say that people have started looking for someone or something)(=usado para indicar que la gente ha empezado a buscar a alguien o algo)murder hunt (=a search for a person who has killed someone)(=búsqueda de una persona que ha matado a alguien)have a hunt around for something British English informalinformal (=look for something)(=buscar algo) I’ll have a hunt around for it in my desk.Voy a buscar bien en mi escritorio. → treasure hunt, witch-hunt3a sporting event in Britain in which people ride on horses and hunt foxes using dogsevento deportivo en Gran Bretaña en el que los participantes montan a caballo y cazan zorros con perros4in Britain, a group of people who regularly hunt foxes togetheren Gran Bretaña, grupo de personas que regularmente cazan zorros juntas
1an occasion when people chase animals in order to kill or catch themocasión en que las personas persiguen animales para matarlos o atraparloslion/rhino/stag etc hunt2[usually singular] a search for someone or something that is difficult to findbúsqueda de alguien o algo difícil de encontrarhunt for the hunt for the missing childla búsqueda del niño desaparecidothe hunt is on (=used to say that people have started looking for someone or something)(=usado para indicar que la gente ha empezado a buscar a alguien o algo)murder hunt (=a search for a person who has killed someone)(=búsqueda de una persona que ha matado a alguien)have a hunt around for something British English informalinformal (=look for something)(=buscar algo) I’ll have a hunt around for it in my desk.Voy a buscar bien en mi escritorio. → treasure hunt, witch-hunt3a sporting event in Britain in which people ride on horses and hunt foxes using dogsevento deportivo en Gran Bretaña en el que los participantes montan a caballo y cazan zorros con perros4in Britain, a group of people who regularly hunt foxes togetheren Gran Bretaña, grupo de personas que regularmente cazan zorros juntas