hambriento

/amˈbɾjento/ · B1 · adj

hungry

🍽️😋 hambre (hunger) + -iento = hungry; hambre shares a Latin root with famine

Latin fames (hunger) gave English famine and famished. In Spanish, a starting f often became h, so fames ended up as hambre. Add the -iento ending (full of) and hambriento means full of hunger: famished.

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