Spanish word

hambriento

Pronunciation

IPA/amˈbɾjento/

Meaning

  • adjectivehungry

Example

Estoy hambriento.

I'm hungry.

Illustration for hambriento (hungry)

More examples

Después de la clase, llegué hambriento a casa.

After class, I arrived home hungry.

Core concept

Someone seized by a sudden, strong need to eat, eyes fixed on a meal.

Common phrases

  • estar hambriento

    be hungry

  • llegar hambriento

    arrive hungry

  • muy hambriento

    very hungry

Similar words

comilón: Habitual large appetite that regularly leads to eating big portions.
tragón: Marked mealtime appetite that leads to especially large servings.

Definition in Spanish

Que siente una necesidad fuerte de comer en el momento; indica mucha hambre.

Word origin

Created by adding the Spanish suffix -iento to hambre 'hunger', with hambre ultimately from Latin fames 'hunger'.

Usage tips

  • Often feels more emphatic or literary than tener hambre and changes for gender and number (hambriento, hambrienta, hambrientos, hambrientas).

Other meanings

  • peckishadjective
  • famishedadjective

Opposites

  • saciadosatiatedadjective
  • satisfechosatisfiedadjective

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