- hambriento
- adj.hungry, craving, famished, hungering.m.hungry person, hungerer.* * *hambriento► adjetivo1 hungry, starving2 figurado hungry, longing■ hambriento de justicia longing for justice► nombre masculino,nombre femenino1 hungry person, starving person► nombre masculino plural los hambrientos1 the hungry* * *(f. - hambrienta)adj.hungry* * *hambriento, -a1. ADJ1) (=con hambre) hungry; (=famélico) starving
venimos hambrientos — we're starving *, we're very hungry
unas tristes imágenes de niños hambrientos — very sad pictures of hungry o starving children
2)hambriento de — hungry for
políticos hambrientos de poder — politicians hungry for power
están hambrientos de afecto — they are starved of affection
2.SM / F [con hambre] hungry person; [en situación desesperada] starving personlos hambrientos — the hungry
dar de comer al hambriento — to feed the hungry
* * *I-ta adjetivo [estar] hungry, starving (colloq), famished (colloq)los niños hambrientos del mundo — the world's starving children
IIhambriento de algo — hungry for something
-ta masculino, femeninolos hambrientos — hungry people
dar de comer al hambriento — to feed the starving o hungry
* * *= hungry [hungrier -comp., hungriest -sup.], starving, ravenous.Ex. The article 'Text timeshares: sitting ducks for hungry dogs' examines how US text timesharing companies, responsible for deliver of information to users, are operating, against a background of US business in general.Ex. The rights of the little starving author, and the weight of the enormous publishing industry, both are pretty hefty in legal and legislative thinking.Ex. You read him to the end with a ravenous appetite and rise from the feast with an unaccountable sense of emptiness.----* estar hambriento = starve.* hambriento de poder = power-hungry.* * *I-ta adjetivo [estar] hungry, starving (colloq), famished (colloq)los niños hambrientos del mundo — the world's starving children
IIhambriento de algo — hungry for something
-ta masculino, femeninolos hambrientos — hungry people
dar de comer al hambriento — to feed the starving o hungry
* * *= hungry [hungrier -comp., hungriest -sup.], starving, ravenous.Ex: The article 'Text timeshares: sitting ducks for hungry dogs' examines how US text timesharing companies, responsible for deliver of information to users, are operating, against a background of US business in general.
Ex: The rights of the little starving author, and the weight of the enormous publishing industry, both are pretty hefty in legal and legislative thinking.Ex: You read him to the end with a ravenous appetite and rise from the feast with an unaccountable sense of emptiness.* estar hambriento = starve.* hambriento de poder = power-hungry.* * *hambriento1 -taadjective[ ESTAR] hungrycompra unos cuantos, estoy hambriento buy several, I'm hungry o (colloq) I'm starving o (colloq) I'm famishedlos niños hambrientos del mundo the world's starving childrenhambriento DE algo hungry FOR sthel pueblo está hambriento de justicia the people are hungry for justice, the people hunger for o after justicehuérfanos hambrientos de cariño orphans hungry for o craving affectionhambriento2 -tamasculine, femininelos hambrientos hungry peopledar de comer al hambriento to feed the starving o hungry* * *
hambriento◊ -ta adjetivo [estar] hungry, starving (colloq);
hambriento de algo hungry for sth
■ sustantivo masculino, femenino: los hambrientos hungry people
hambriento,-a adjetivo
1 (por inanición) starving
(por apetito) hungry
2 (deseoso) hungry, craving: está hambriento de aventuras, he's hungry for adventure
'hambriento' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
hambrienta
English:
famished
- hungry
- ravenous
- starving
* * *hambriento, -a♦ adjstarving♦ nm,fstarving person;los hambrientos the hungry* * *hambrientoadj tb fighungry (de for)* * *hambriento, -ta adj: hungry, starving* * *hambriento adj1. (con hambre) hungry [comp. hungrier; superl. hungriest]2. (muerto de hambre) starving
Spanish-English dictionary. 2013.