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languir

to keep (someone) waiting, to keep (someone) in suspense, to pine for, to long for

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langu to keep (someone) waiting, to keep (someone) in suspense + ir Infinitive
verb Rare #47,507
to keep (someone) waiting, to keep (someone) in suspense Often used in the expression faire languir, literally “to make someone languish.”
FR: Ne me fais pas languir, dis-moi la réponse !
EN: Don’t keep me waiting; tell me the answer!
to pine for, to long for Often used with de or après to express longing.
FR: Il va languir de son absence.
EN: He will pine for her in her absence.

Ne me fais pas languir !

Don't keep me in suspense!

Ils nous font languir.

They’re keeping us in suspense.

— Quand passent les cigognes (1957)

Le pauvre, il doit se languir.

Poor thing, he must be pining away.

— Devdas (2002)

Je commence à me languir de ma petite amie.

I'm starting to miss my girlfriend.

Tu nous as fait languir.

You kept us waiting.

— Good Bye Lenin! (2003)