I'm thirsty

English

English phrasebook

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Alternative forms

• I am thirsty

Phrase

I'm thirsty

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

1. (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

See also

• I need a drink