Phrase guide

I'm thirsty

phrase · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

phrase

Meaning 1

I need something to drink (e.g., water).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: usually

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

phrase

Meaning 2

I need something, or want something a lot.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: broadly

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

phrase

Meaning 3

I want an alcoholic beverage.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: euphemistic

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Antonyms: none provided

History

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Across languages

Translations

128 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Abkhaz: аӡба сакуеит (adzba sakʼwejtʼ) — I need a drink
  • Afrikaans: ek is dors — I need a drink
  • Albanian: kam etje — I need a drink
  • Arabic: أَنَا عَطْشَان (ʔanā ʕaṭšān) — I need a drink
  • Arabic: أَنَا عَطْشَانَة (ʔanā ʕaṭšāna) — I need a drink
  • Arabic: أنا عطشان (anā ʕaṭšān) — I need a drink
  • Arabic: أنا عطشانة (anā ʕaṭšāna) — I need a drink
  • Armenian: ես ծարավ եմ (es carav em) — I need a drink
  • Azerbaijani: susamışam — I need a drink
  • Azerbaijani: susuzam — I need a drink
  • Belarusian: я хачу́ піць (ja xačú picʹ) — I need a drink
  • Belarusian: мне хо́чацца піць (mnje xóčacca picʹ) — I need a drink
  • Central Bikol: paha ako — I need a drink
  • Bulgarian: и́скам да пи́я (ískam da píja) — I need a drink
  • Bulgarian: жа́ден съм (žáden sǎm) — I need a drink
  • Bulgarian: жа́дна съм (žádna sǎm) — I need a drink
  • Burmese: ရေငတ်တယ် (re-ngattai) — I need a drink
  • Burmese: ရေဆာတယ် (rehcatai) — I need a drink
  • Catalan: tinc set — I need a drink
  • Cebuano: giuhaw ko — I need a drink
  • Chamorro: må'o yo' — I need a drink
  • Chinese Cantonese: 我好口渴 (ngo5 hou2 hau2 hot3) — I need a drink
  • Chinese Cantonese: 我好頸渴 /我好颈渴 (ngo5 hou2 geng2 hot3) — I need a drink
  • Chinese: 我喙焦 (góa chhùi-ta) — I need a drink
  • Chinese: 我喙渴 (góa chhùi-khoah) — I need a drink
  • Chinese: 我喙堅 /我喙坚 (góa chhùi-kian) — I need a drink
  • Chinese Mandarin: 我渴了 (wǒ kě le) — I need a drink
  • Chinese Mandarin: 我很渴 (wǒ hěn kě) — I need a drink
  • Czech: mám žízeň — I need a drink
  • Danish: jeg er tørstig — I need a drink
  • Dutch: ik heb dorst — I need a drink
  • Esperanto: mi soifas — I need a drink
  • Faroese: eg eri tystur — I need a drink
  • Faroese: eg eri tyst — I need a drink
  • Finnish: minulla on jano — I need a drink
  • Finnish: minua janottaa — I need a drink
  • French: j'ai soif — I need a drink
  • Galician: teño sede — I need a drink
  • Georgian: მწყურია (mc̣q̇uria) — I need a drink
  • German: ich habe Durst — I need a drink
  • German: ich bin durstig — I need a drink
  • Greek: διψώ (dipsó) — I need a drink
  • Greek: είμαι διψασμένος (eímai dipsasménos) — I need a drink
  • Gujarati: મને તરસ લાગી છે (mane taras lāgī che) — I need a drink
  • Hawaiian: makewai au — I need a drink
  • Hebrew: אֲנִי צָמֵא (aní tsamé) — I need a drink
  • Hebrew: אֲנִי צְמֵאָה (aní tsme'á) — I need a drink
  • Hindi: मुझे प्यास लगी है (mujhe pyās lagī hai) — I need a drink
  • Hungarian: szomjas vagyok — I need a drink
  • Icelandic: ég er þyrstur — I need a drink
  • Icelandic: ég er þyrst — I need a drink
  • Icelandic: mig þyrstir — I need a drink
  • Ido: me durstas — I need a drink
  • Ingrian: miul ono jano — I need a drink
  • Irish: tá tart orm — I need a drink
  • Italian: ho sete — I need a drink
  • Japanese: 喉が渇いています (nodo ga kawaite imasu) — I need a drink
  • Kazakh: мен шөлдеп тұрмын (men şöldep tūrmyn) — I need a drink
  • Khmer: ខ្ញុំស្រេកទឹក (khñom sreek tɨk) — I need a drink
  • Khmer: ស្រេកទឹក (sreek tɨk) — I need a drink
  • Korean: 목마릅니다 (mongmareumnida) — I need a drink
  • Korean: 목말라요 (mongmallayo) — I need a drink
  • Kyrgyz: мен суусап жатам (men suusap jatam) — I need a drink
  • Lakota: ímapuze — I need a drink
  • Lao: ຂ້າພະເຈົ້າຫິວນ້ໍາ (khā pha chao hiu nam) — I need a drink
  • Lao: ຂ້ອຍຫິວນ້ໍາ (khǭi hiu nam) — I need a drink
  • Lithuanian: aš esu alkanas — I need a drink
  • Lithuanian: aš esu alkana — I need a drink
  • Lithuanian: aš noriu gerti — I need a drink
  • Low German: ik heff Dorst — I need a drink
  • Macedonian: жеден сум (žeden sum) — I need a drink
  • Macedonian: жедна сум (žedna sum) — I need a drink
  • Malay: saya haus — I need a drink
  • Malay: saya dahaga — I need a drink
  • Maltese: għandi l-għatx — I need a drink
  • Marathi: मला तहान लागली आहे (malā tahān lāglī āhe) — I need a drink
  • Mongolian: минийн ам цангаж байна (miniin am cangaž bajna) — I need a drink
  • Navajo: dibááʼ nisin — I need a drink
  • Nootka: naqmiiḥas — I need a drink
  • Norwegian Bokmål: jeg er tørst — I need a drink
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: eg er tørst — I need a drink
  • Nǀuu: na tyin ǁʻûi — I need a drink
  • Ojibwe: ningiishkaabaagwe — I need a drink
  • Ojibwe: ninoodeyaabaagwe — I need a drink
  • Old Tupi: xe 'useî — I need a drink
  • Iranian Persian: تِشْنِه هَسْتَم (tešne hastam) — I need a drink
  • Iranian Persian: تِشْنِهاَم (tešne-am) — I need a drink
  • Iranian Persian: تِشْنَمِه (tešname) — I need a drink
  • Polish: pić mi się chce — I need a drink
  • Polish: jestem spragniony — I need a drink
  • Polish: jestem spragniona — I need a drink
  • Portuguese: eu tenho sede — I need a drink
  • Portuguese: tenho sede — I need a drink
  • Romani: si manqe truś — I need a drink
  • Romanian: mi-e sete — I need a drink
  • Russian: я хочу́ пить (ja xočú pitʹ) — I need a drink
  • Russian: мне хо́чется пить (mne xóčetsja pitʹ) — I need a drink
  • Serbo-Croatian: сам жедан — I need a drink
  • Serbo-Croatian: сам жедна — I need a drink
  • Serbo-Croatian: sam žedan — I need a drink
  • Serbo-Croatian: sam žedna — I need a drink
  • Slovak: chcem piť — I need a drink
  • Slovak: mám smäd — I need a drink
  • Slovene: jaz sem žejen — I need a drink
  • Slovene: jaz sem žejna — I need a drink
  • Spanish: tengo sed — I need a drink
  • Swahili: nina kiu — I need a drink
  • Swedish: jag är törstig — I need a drink
  • Tagalog: uhaw ako — I need a drink
  • Tajik: ман ташна ҳастам (man tašna hastam) — I need a drink
  • Telugu: నాకు దాహముగా ఉన్నది (nāku dāhamugā unnadi) — I need a drink
  • Thai: ผมหิวน้ําครับ (pŏm hĭw náam kráp) — I need a drink
  • Thai: ดิฉันหิวน้ําค่ะ (dì-chăn hĭw náam kâ) — I need a drink
  • Turkish: susadım — I need a drink
  • Turkmen: men suwsadym — I need a drink
  • Ukrainian: я хо́чу пи́ти (ja xóču pýty) — I need a drink
  • Ukrainian: мені́ хо́четься пи́ти (mení xóčetʹsja pýty) — I need a drink
  • Unami: nkatusëmwi — I need a drink
  • Urdu: مُجھے پْیاس لَگی ہَے (mujhe pyās lagī hai) — I need a drink
  • Uyghur: مەن ئۇسسۇدۇم (men ussudum) — I need a drink
  • Uzbek: men chanqadim — I need a drink
  • Uzbek: chanqadim — I need a drink
  • Vietnamese: tôi đang khát — I need a drink
  • Vietnamese: tôi khát nước — I need a drink
  • Welsh: mae syched arna i — I need a drink
  • Yiddish: איך בין דאָרשטיק (ikh bin dorshtik) — I need a drink
  • Yucatec Maya: ukʼaj — I need a drink
  • Yup'ik: meqsugtua — I need a drink