hungry - Translation in LEO’s English ⇔ Spanish Dictionary

Adjectives / Adverbs

hungry  adj.

hambriento, hambrienta

Verbs

to be hungry  | was, been |	tener hambre
to feel hungry  | felt, felt |	tener hambre
to go hungry  | went, gone |	padecer hambre
to go hungry  | went, gone |	pasar hambre

Phrases / Collocations

to be ravenously hungry	tener un hambre voraz
to be as hungry as a bear	tener un hambre voraz
to be ravenously hungry	tener un hambre canina [fig.]
to be ravenously hungry	tener un hambre de lobo [fig.]
to be as hungry as a bear	tener un hambre canina [fig.]
to be as hungry as a bear	tener un hambre de lobo [fig.]

Examples

Are you hungry? Fancy some dinner?	¿Tienes hambre? ¿Te apetece cenar algo?
His stomach was growling because he was hungry.	Su tripa estaba haciendo ruidos porque tenía hambre.
I'm not very hungry this evening, I'm just going to have a yoghurt for dinner.	Esta noche no tengo mucha hambre, solo voy a cenar un yogur.

Orthographically similar words

hangry, Hungary, hunger

Related search terms

starved, peckish