hungry

hungry
adjective (wanting or needing food etc: a hungry baby; I'm hungry - I haven't eaten all day; He's hungry for adventure.) hambriento
hungry adj hambriento
to be hungry tener hambre
El comparativo de hungry se escribe hungrier; el superlativo se escribe hungriest
hungry
tr['hʌŋgrɪ]
adjective (comp hungrier, superl hungriest)
1 hambriento,-a
2 figurative use ávido,-a, sediento,-a
■ we're hungry for news from him estamos ávidos de recibir noticias suyas
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SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALL
to be hungry tener hambre
to go hungry pasar hambre
to make somebody hungry abrir el apetito a alguien, dar hambre a alguien
hungry ['hʌŋgri] adj, -grier ; -est
1) : hambriento
2)
to be hungry : tener hambre
hungry
adj.
• estéril adj.
• hambriento, -a adj.
'hʌŋgri
adjective -grier, -griest hambriento

to be hungry — tener* hambre

I'm getting hungry — me está dando hambre

to go hungry — pasar hambre

power-hungry — ansioso de poder

to be hungry FOR something — estar* ávido de algo

['hʌŋɡrɪ]
ADJ (compar hungrier) (superl hungriest)
1) (gen) [person, animal] hambriento

pictures of hungry children — imágenes de niños hambrientos

he looked at the cake with hungry eyes — miró el pastel con anhelo

digging up the road is hungry work — cavar la calle es un trabajo que da hambre or abre el apetito

to be hungry — tener hambre

to feel hungry — tener hambre

to go hungry — pasar hambre

we were late for tea so we had to go hungry — llegamos tarde para la cena y tuvimos que quedarnos sin comer

all this work is making me hungry — todo este trabajo me está dando hambre

talking about food is making me hungry — hablando de comida se me está abriendo el apetito

2) (fig) (=eager)

to be hungry for — [+ adventure, knowledge] tener hambre or sed de, estar hambriento or sediento de

to be hungry for power — tener sed or estar sediento de poder

* * *
['hʌŋgri]
adjective -grier, -griest hambriento

to be hungry — tener* hambre

I'm getting hungry — me está dando hambre

to go hungry — pasar hambre

power-hungry — ansioso de poder

to be hungry FOR something — estar* ávido de algo


English-spanish dictionary. 2013.

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