I'm thirsty

English

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Alternative forms

I am thirsty

Phrase

I'm thirsty

(usually) I need something to drink (e.g., water).
(more generally) I need something, or want something a lot.
(euphemistic) I want an alcoholic beverage.

(slang) Being too eager for something; desperate. Usually in reference to attention or sexual needs.

Usage notes

Although this normally implies that you would like something to drink, it can be used in a more general sense to imply that you need or really want anything very important, as in "I am thirsty for money". Using "I am thirsty for a drink" is redundant (tautological) unless "drink" is being used to mean "alcoholic drink".

Translations

I need a drink

Abkhaz: аӡба́ сакуе́ит (adzbá sakʼwéitʼ)
Arabic: أَنَا عَطْشَان m (ʔanā ʕaṭšān), أَنَا عَطْشَانَة f (ʔanā ʕaṭšāna)
Armenian: ես ծարավ եմ (es carav em)
Belarusian: я хачу́ піць (ja xačú picʹ), мне хо́чацца піць (mnje xóčacca picʹ)
Bulgarian: и́скам да пи́я (ískam da píja), жа́ден съм m (žáden sǎm), жа́дна съм f (žádna sǎm)
Burmese: ရေငတ်တယ် (re-ngattai)
Catalan: tinc set
Cebuano: giuhaw ko
Chamorro: må'o yo'
Chinese:
Cantonese: 我好口渴 (ngo⁵ hou² hau² hot³), 我好頸渴／我好颈渴 (ngo⁵ hou² geng² hot³)

Mandarin: 我渴了 (wǒ kě le), 我很渴 (wǒ hěn kě)
Czech: mám žízeň
Danish: jeg er tørstig
Dutch: ik heb dorst
Esperanto: mi soifas
Faroese: eg eri tystur (male), eg eri tyst (female)
Finnish: minulla on jano (fi)
French: j’ai soif
Galician: teño sede
Georgian: მწყურია (mc̣q̇uria)
German: ich habe Durst
Greek: διψώ (el) (dipsó), είμαι διψασμένος (eímai dipsasménos)
Hawaiian: makewai au
Hebrew: אני צמא (ani tsame)
Hindi: मुझे प्यास लगी है (mujhe pyās lagī hai)
Hungarian: szomjas vagyok
Icelandic: (male) ég er þyrstur, (female) ég er þyrst, mig þyrstir
Ido: me durstas
Ingrian: miul ono jano
Italian: ho sete
Japanese: 喉が渇いています (nodo ga kawaite imasu)
Korean: 목마릅니다 (ko) (mongmareumnida), 목말라요 (ko) (mongmallayo)
Lakota: ímapuze
Lithuanian: aš esu alkanas m, aš esu alkana f, aš noriu gerti
Low German:
German Low German: ik heff Dorst
Macedonian: жеден сум m (žeden sum), жедна сум f (žedna sum)
Malay: saya haus, saya dahaga
Maltese: għandi l-għatx
Marathi: मला तहान लागली आहे (malā tahān lāglī āhe)
Mongolian: минийн ам цангаж байна (miniin am cangaž bajna)
Navajo: dibááʼ nisin
Nootka: naqmiiḥas
Norwegian: jeg er tørst
Ojibwe: ningiishkaabaagwe, ninoodeyaabaagwe
Persian: تشنه‌ام (tešne-am), تشنه هستم (tešne hastam) (colloquial)
Polish: (informal) pić mi się chce, jestem spragniony m, jestem spragniona f
Portuguese: eu tenho sede, tenho sede
Romani: si manqe truś
Romanian: mi-e sete
Russian: я хочу́ пить (ja xočú pitʹ), мне хо́чется пить (mne xóčetsja pitʹ)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: сам жедан m, сам жедна f

Roman: sam žedan m, sam žedna f
Slovak: chcem piť, mám smäd
Slovene: jaz sem žejen m, jaz sem žejna f
Spanish: tengo sed
Swedish: jag är törstig
Telugu: నాకు దాహముగా ఉన్నది (nāku dāhamugā unnadi)
Thai: ผมหิวน้ำครับ (pŏm hĭw náam kráp) (male), ดิฉันหิวน้ำค่ะ (dì-chăn hĭw náam kâ) (female), ฉันหิวน้ำ (chăn hĭw náam) (generic, colloquial) (add particles: ครับ (th) (kráp) - male or ค่ะ (th) (kâ) female for politeness)
Turkish: susadım
Ukrainian: я хо́чу пи́ти (ja xóču pýty), мені́ хо́четься пи́ти (mení xóčetʹsja pýty)
Urdu: مجھے پیاس لگی ہے (mujhe pyās lagī hai)
Vietnamese: tôi đang khát
Yiddish: איך בין דאָרשטיק (ikh bin dorshtik)
Yup'ik: meqsugtua

I'm thirsty

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