hambre

/ˈambɾe/ · A2 · noun · f

hunger

🍔 hambre starts like hamburger (silent h): hunger wants a hamburger

From Latin fames (hunger), the same root as English famine and famished. Latin f- became a silent Spanish h-, as in facere → hacer. Feminine, but takes el in the singular: el hambre, tengo mucha hambre.

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