Hambre in english
pronunciation: hʌŋgri part of speech: adjective
hambre = starvation ; hunger.
Example: This approach let to the financial starvation of public libraries.Example: This article highlights bibliometrically the degree of fit between the national research effort and the social aim of agriculture, (to prevent hunger and poverty).more:
» a buena hambre no hay pan duro = beggars can't be choosers ; beggars can't be choosy .
Example: I'll take any love you think you can spare -- beggars can't be choosers. Example: They aren't exactly cheap nor are they exactly what I have been looking for but as they say beggars can't be choosy.» con hambre de poder = power-hungry .
Example: Power-hungry politicians are creating havoc everywhere.» controlar el hambre = curb + Posesivo + hunger .
Example: Curb your hunger before a shindig, but don't starve yourself, since what you don't want is to hit the ground running because you've starved yourself all day.» con un poco de hambre = peckish .
Example: During Ramadan, Muslims can only eat during the the hours of darkness, when the faithful, understandably peckish, tend to raid the larder.» despertar el hambre = work up + an appetite .
Example: Then when you've worked up an appetite you can taste the most delicious trout, fresh from the lake.» engañar el hambre = keep + the wolves from the door .
Example: Some can afford this as they are semi-retired or have other sources of income to keep the wolves from the door.» entrar hambre después del esfuerzo = work up + an appetite .
Example: Then when you've worked up an appetite you can taste the most delicious trout, fresh from the lake.» estar muerto de hambre = be starving to death .
Example: If you were starving to death and you had a way to surgically amputate parts of your body could you prolong your life by eating yourself.» frenar el hambre = curb + Posesivo + hunger .
Example: Curb your hunger before a shindig, but don't starve yourself, since what you don't want is to hit the ground running because you've starved yourself all day.» hambre insaciable = insatiable hunger .
Example: This is because it's the insatiable hunger in the brain that tells your body to go into its fat-storing mode.» huelga de hambre = hunger strike .
Example: Participants commented on ethical aspects of two fictitious case studies: an inmate on a hunger strike and a death row inmate who wishes to be an organ donor.» juntarse el hambre con las ganas de comer = made for each other ; be two of a kind ; be a right pair .
Example: The article is entitled 'The perfect match - parasite & host: made for each other'. Example: On the surface, they're like oil and water, but deep down, they're two of a kind. Example: They're a right pair, always getting into trouble with the family with whom they live.» más hambre que el perro de un ciego = as hungry as a wolf ; as hungry as a bear ; as hungry as a hunter .
Example: In the meantime Nana, who averred that she was as hungry as a wolf, threw herself on the radishes and gobbled them up without bread. Example: All danger of freezing was past, but he was as hungry as a bear and tired to death. Example: Not long after Joshua returned, bright and cheery, and as hungry as a hunter after his long drive.» más hambre que un maestro de escuela = as hungry as a wolf ; as hungry as a bear ; as hungry as a hunter .
Example: In the meantime Nana, who averred that she was as hungry as a wolf, threw herself on the radishes and gobbled them up without bread. Example: All danger of freezing was past, but he was as hungry as a bear and tired to death. Example: Not long after Joshua returned, bright and cheery, and as hungry as a hunter after his long drive.» más listo que el hambre = (as) bright as a button [Usado generalmente para cosas o seres pequeños] ; (as) smart as a rocket scientist .
Example: She was as bright as a button and proudly told me that she was at 99 the second oldest person in Tenby. Example: She was as smart as a rocket scientist and poured all of that brilliance and passion into the family business of farming.» matar de hambre = starve to + death .
Example: The book focuses on the story of the elephants that were starved to death in Ueno Zoo, Japan, during the War.» morir de hambre = starve to + death ; die of + hunger ; starve of + hunger ; die of + starvation .
Example: The book focuses on the story of the elephants that were starved to death in Ueno Zoo, Japan, during the War. Example: He who is dying of hunger must be fed rather than taught. Example: He will dwell in the church that is built by martyrs fighting for justice, by children starving of hunger, by mothers and fathers walking the streets of misery. Example: Duc was dethroned three days after he was crowned, he was then jailed and died seven days later of starvation.» morirse de hambre = starve ; famish .
Example: Spain's vultures are starving because of regulations that aim to stop the spread of mad-cow disease. Example: Fie on ambition! fie on myself, that have a sword, and yet am ready to famish!.» muerto de hambre = poverty-stricken ; starving ; starveling ; famished .
Example: The British Museum Reading Room is filled with cranks, hacks, poverty-stricken scholars who cherish their hobby. Example: The rights of the little starving author, and the weight of the enormous publishing industry, both are pretty hefty in legal and legislative thinking. Example: 75 percent of the starvelings are children: malnutrition is one of the most frequent causes of child mortality in crisis situations. Example: I had no difficulty in grasping this meaning and famished as I was, rather hesitatingly, took the object and greedily devoured it.» padecer hambre = suffer from + hunger .
Example: Their aims is to reduce by half the proportion of people who suffer from hunger.» pan para hoy y hambre para mañana = rob Peter to pay Paul .
Example: Unless US schools begin to get the funding needed for this, they will have to continue the current pattern of subsiding on-line and periodical costs from the books budget ie robbing Peter to pay Paul.» pasar hambre = suffer from + hunger ; go + hungry ; starve ; famish .
Example: Their aims is to reduce by half the proportion of people who suffer from hunger. Example: Millions may go hungry and thirsty, warns climate report. Example: Spain's vultures are starving because of regulations that aim to stop the spread of mad-cow disease. Example: Fie on ambition! fie on myself, that have a sword, and yet am ready to famish!.» retortijón de hambre = hunger pang ; pang of hunger .
Example: Fruits and vegetables that are slowly digested are the most filling and hold off the hunger pangs for longer. Example: With scorching heat from above and hard labour in the fields, Mirza Kak felt pangs of hunger.» sentir hambre = be hungry ; feel + hungry .
Example: They soon complained about the heat and being thirsty and hungry, even though they had only been out in the field about an hour. Example: I would suggest that when you feel hungry that you try having a drink since your body can not tell the difference between feelings for hunger and thirst.» tener hambre = be hungry ; feel + hungry .
Example: They soon complained about the heat and being thirsty and hungry, even though they had only been out in the field about an hour. Example: I would suggest that when you feel hungry that you try having a drink since your body can not tell the difference between feelings for hunger and thirst.» tener hambre de conocimiento = be hungry for knowledge .
Example: It's hard to be hungry for knowledge when you're just plain hungry.» tener hambre de poder = be hungry for power ; be thirsty for power .
Example: Submissive people don't necessarily like to be ordered around, and dominant people aren't necessarily hungry for power. Example: Money corrupts those who are thirsty for power.» tener hambre después del esfuerzo = work up + an appetite .
Example: Then when you've worked up an appetite you can taste the most delicious trout, fresh from the lake.» tener un hambre feroz = be starving to death .
Example: If you were starving to death and you had a way to surgically amputate parts of your body could you prolong your life by eating yourself.» tengo tanta hambre que me comería una vaca/elefante/caballo = I'm so hungry I could eat a horse .
Example: Breakfast is the most important meal of the day -- I need to remember this because when I skip breakfast I am so hungry I could eat a horse!.