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1 insatiable
insatiable [ɛ̃sasjabl]adjective* * *ɛ̃sasjabladjectif insatiable* * *ɛ̃sasjabl adj* * *insatiable adj [appétit, demande, curiosité, personne] insatiable.[ɛ̃sasjabl] adjectif -
2 hambre
f.1 hunger (apetito).tener hambre to be hungrymatar el hambre to satisfy one's hungermorir o morirse de hambre to be starving, to be dying of hunger (literalmente) to be starving (tener mucha hambre)pasar hambre to starvehambre canina ravenous hunger2 famine (epidemia).* * *(Takes el in singular)1 hunger, starvation, famine\entretener el hambre figurado to stave off hungerhambre y sed de justicia figurado hunger and thirst for justicematar de hambre a alguien to starve somebody to deathmatar el hambre figurado to stave off hungermorirse de hambre to die of starvation, be starvingpasar hambre to be hungry, go hungryser más listo,-a que el hambre figurado to be a cunning devilser un,-a muerto,-a de hambre peyorativo to be a good-for-nothingtener hambre to be hungrysalario de hambre starvation wages plural* * *noun f.1) famine2) hunger•* * *SF1) (=necesidad de comer) hunger•
estar con hambre — to be hungryvengo con mucha hambre — I'm terribly hungry, I'm starving *
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dar hambre a algn — to make sb hungry•
entrar hambre, me está entrando hambre — I'm starting to feel hungry, I'm getting hungry•
matar de hambre a algn — to starve sb to death•
morir de hambre — to die of hunger, starve to death•
quedarse con hambre, se han quedado con hambre — they are still hungry•
tener hambre — to be hungrymuerto, salariotener un hambre canina o de lobo — to be ravenous, be ravenously hungry
2) (=escasez general) famine3) (=deseo)tener hambre de justicia/triunfos — to be hungry for justice/victory
* * *femenino‡1)a) ( sensación) hungerme muero de hambre — (fam) I'm starving (colloq)
matar el hambre: comió unas galletas para matar el hambre he ate some cookies to keep him going; ser más listo que el hambre (fam) to be razor sharp (colloq); tengo/tiene un hambre canina I/he could eat a horse (colloq); a buen hambre no hay pan duro — beggars can't be choosers
b) ( como problema)2) (liter) (ansia, deseo)* * *= starvation, hunger.Ex. This approach let to the financial starvation of public libraries.Ex. This article highlights bibliometrically the degree of fit between the national research effort and the social aim of agriculture, (to prevent hunger and poverty).----* con hambre de poder = power-hungry.* con un poco de hambre = peckish.* despertar el hambre = work up + an appetite.* engañar el hambre = keep + the wolves from the door.* entrar hambre después del esfuerzo = work up + an appetite.* estar muerto de hambre = be starving to death.* huelga de hambre = hunger strike.* juntarse el hambre con las ganas de comer = made for each other, be two of a kind, be a right pair.* más hambre que el perro de un ciego = as hungry as a wolf, as hungry as a bear, as hungry as a hunter.* más hambre que un maestro de escuela = as hungry as a wolf, as hungry as a bear, as hungry as a hunter.* matar de hambre = starve to + death.* morir de hambre = starve to + death, die of + hunger, starve of + hunger.* morirse de hambre = starve.* muerto de hambre = poverty-stricken, starving.* padecer hambre = suffer from + hunger.* pan para hoy y hambre para mañana = rob Peter to pay Paul.* pasar hambre = suffer from + hunger, go + hungry, starve.* retortijón de hambre = hunger pang, pang of hunger.* sentir hambre = be hungry, feel + hungry.* tener hambre = be hungry, feel + hungry.* tener hambre después del esfuerzo = work up + an appetite.* * *femenino‡1)a) ( sensación) hungerme muero de hambre — (fam) I'm starving (colloq)
matar el hambre: comió unas galletas para matar el hambre he ate some cookies to keep him going; ser más listo que el hambre (fam) to be razor sharp (colloq); tengo/tiene un hambre canina I/he could eat a horse (colloq); a buen hambre no hay pan duro — beggars can't be choosers
b) ( como problema)2) (liter) (ansia, deseo)* * *= starvation, hunger.Ex: This approach let to the financial starvation of public libraries.
Ex: This article highlights bibliometrically the degree of fit between the national research effort and the social aim of agriculture, (to prevent hunger and poverty).* con hambre de poder = power-hungry.* con un poco de hambre = peckish.* despertar el hambre = work up + an appetite.* engañar el hambre = keep + the wolves from the door.* entrar hambre después del esfuerzo = work up + an appetite.* estar muerto de hambre = be starving to death.* huelga de hambre = hunger strike.* juntarse el hambre con las ganas de comer = made for each other, be two of a kind, be a right pair.* más hambre que el perro de un ciego = as hungry as a wolf, as hungry as a bear, as hungry as a hunter.* más hambre que un maestro de escuela = as hungry as a wolf, as hungry as a bear, as hungry as a hunter.* matar de hambre = starve to + death.* morir de hambre = starve to + death, die of + hunger, starve of + hunger.* morirse de hambre = starve.* muerto de hambre = poverty-stricken, starving.* padecer hambre = suffer from + hunger.* pan para hoy y hambre para mañana = rob Peter to pay Paul.* pasar hambre = suffer from + hunger, go + hungry, starve.* retortijón de hambre = hunger pang, pang of hunger.* sentir hambre = be hungry, feel + hungry.* tener hambre = be hungry, feel + hungry.* tener hambre después del esfuerzo = work up + an appetite.* * *f‡A1 (sensación) hungertengo hambre I'm hungrytengo hambre de algo dulce ( fam); I feel like something sweetel ejercicio da hambre exercise makes you hungryme muero de hambre or tengo un hambre que me muero I'm starving ( colloq)allí la gente se muere de hambre people are starving to death therematar el hambre: comió unas galletas para matar el hambre he ate some cookies to keep him going o to stop him feeling hungry o ( colloq) to keep the wolf from the doorse ha juntado el hambre con las ganas de comer or se juntaron el hambre y las ganas de comer ( hum); one is as bad as the other, they're two of a kind, they're a right pair ( colloq)tengo/tiene un hambre canina I'm/he's ravenous, I/he could eat a horse ( colloq)a buen hambre no hay pan duro or ( RPl) cuando hay hambre no hay pan duro or ( Col) a buen hambre no hay mal pan beggars can't be choosers2(como problema): el hambre hungeruna campaña contra el hambre a campaign against hungerpagan sueldos de hambre they pay starvation wagesB ( liter) (ansia, deseo) hambre DE algo:tienen hambre de justicia they hunger for o after justicesu insaciable hambre de riqueza/poder his insatiable desire o hunger for wealth/powersu hambre de cariño her hunger o longing for affection* * *
hambre feminine noun taking masculine article in the singular
pasar hambre to go hungry;
morirse de hambre to starve to death;
me muero de hambre (fam) I'm starving (colloq)b) ( como problema)
hambre sustantivo femenino
1 (apetito) hunger: tengo mucha hambre, I'm very hungry
2 (inanición) starvation: miles de personas mueren de hambre, thousands of people are starving
(mal, desgracia) famine: el hambre asola el país, famine is ravaging the country
3 fig (deseo intenso) hunger: tiene hambre de victoria, she's hungering for victory o she's thirsty for victory
♦ Locuciones: ser más listo que el hambre, to be as smart as they come
se juntaron el hambre y las ganas de comer, they are one and alike
' hambre' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
abalanzarse
- aguzar
- canina
- canino
- consigo
- de
- desfallecer
- el
- engañar
- feroz
- gana
- huelga
- impasible
- matar
- morir
- morirse
- muerta
- muerto
- no
- paliar
- quitar
- saciar
- secuela
- solitaria
- tener
- aplacar
- bárbaro
- bestial
- calmar
- consumido
- entrar
- horroroso
- insatisfecho
- mucho
- padecer
- pobre
- sentir
- un
English:
be
- bet
- expect
- famine
- famished
- how
- hunger
- hunger strike
- hungry
- pang
- peckish
- ravenous
- starvation
- starve
- starving
- strike
- feel
- go
- half-
- horse
- stricken
- subsistence
* * *1. [apetito] hunger;[inanición] starvation;tener hambre to be hungry;me ha entrado hambre I'm starting to feel hungry, I'm getting hungry;prepara una buena cena, que venimos con hambre make sure there's plenty for dinner because we'll be hungry when we arrive;me voy a tomar un yogur para entretener o [m5] engañar el hambre I'm going to have a yoghurt to keep me going (until my next meal);matar el hambre to satisfy one's hunger;Fignos mataban de hambre they had us on a starvation diet;[tener mucha hambre] to be starving;pasar hambre to starve;durante la posguerra, la población pasó mucha hambre in the years after the war, people often went hungry;me he quedado con hambre I'm still hungry;se juntan el hambre con las ganas de comer it's one thing on top of another;ser más listo que el hambre to be nobody's fool;a buen hambre no hay pan duro, RP [m5] cuando hay hambre no hay pan duro [de comida] hunger is the best sauce;[de mujeres, placeres] beggars can't be choosers hambre canina ravenous hunger2. [problema] famine;el problema del hambre en la región the problem of famine in the area;una campaña contra el hambre a campaign against hungerse destaca por su hambre de justicia his hunger for justice sets him apart;su hambre de poder es insaciable his hunger o thirst for power is insatiable* * *f hunger;tener hambre be hungry;tener un hambre canina be ravenous;pasar hambre be starving;morirse de hambre fig be starving;* * *hambre nf1) : hunger2) : starvation3)tener hambre : to be hungry4)dar hambre : to make hungry* * *hambre n (en general) hungerTambién existen los términos starvation que se refiere al sufrimiento o a la muerte provocados por el hambre y famine que es la falta extrema de alimentos que afecta a un gran número de personasse murió de hambre she starved to death / she died of starvation¿tienes hambre? are you hungry? -
3 Hunger
m; -s, kein Pl.1. hunger; umg. (Esslust) appetite; Hunger haben / bekommen be / get hungry (umg. auf + Akk for); ich habe keinen richtigen Hunger I’m not really hungry; ich habe Hunger auf (+ Akk) umg. auch I feel like..., Brit. auch I (could just) fancy..., Am. auch I could go for...; ich habe Hunger wie ein Bär oder Wolf I could eat a horse; Hunger leiden starve; vor Hunger sterben die of starvation, starve to death; ich sterbe vor Hunger umg., fig. I’m famished, I’m ravenous; Hunger ist der beste Koch Sprichw. hunger is the best sauce2. (Hungersnot) famine* * *der Hungerhunger* * *Hụn|ger ['hʊŋɐ]m -s, no pl (lit, fig)hunger ( nach for); (= Hungersnot) famine; (nach Bildung) thirst, hunger; (nach fernen Ländern, Sonne etc) yearning; (nach Literatur) appetiteHunger bekommen/haben — to get/be hungry
ich habe keinen richtigen Hunger — I'm not really hungry
Hunger leiden (geh) — to go hungry, to starve
ich habe Hunger wie ein Wolf or Bär (inf) — I could eat a horse (inf)
or vor Hunger sterben — to die of hunger or starvation, to starve to death
ich sterbe vor Hunger (inf) — I'm starving (inf), I'm dying of hunger (inf)
Hunger ist der beste Koch (Prov) — hunger is the best cook (Prov)
* * *der1) (the desire for food: A cheese roll won't satisfy my hunger.) hunger2) (the state of not having enough food: Poor people in many parts of the world are dying of hunger.) hunger3) (any strong desire: a hunger for love.) hunger4) hungriness* * *Hun·ger<-s>[ˈhʊŋɐ]1. (Hungergefühl) hunger\Hunger bekommen/haben to get/be hungrykeinen richtigen \Hunger haben to not really be hungry\Hunger leiden (geh) to starve, to go hungryetw macht \Hunger sth makes sb hungryHolzfällen macht \Hunger! woodcutting helps you work up an appetiteseinen \Hunger stillen to satisfy one's hunger2. (Hungersnot) faminees herrschte großer \Hunger the area was stricken by famineihr \Hunger nach Wissen war unstillbar her thirst for knowledge was insatiable4.▶ \Hunger ist der beste Koch (prov) hunger is the best sauce prov, a hungry stomach will eat anything* * *der; Hungers1)Hunger bekommen/haben — get/be hungry
ich habe Hunger wie ein Bär od. Wolf — I'm so hungry I could eat a horse
sein Hunger war groß — he was very hungry
Hunger auf etwas (Akk.) haben — fancy something; feel like something (coll.)
Hunger leiden — go hungry; starve
vor Hunger sterben — die of starvation or hunger; starve to death
2) (Hungersnot) famine* * *1. hunger; umg (Esslust) appetite;Hunger haben/bekommen be/get hungry (umgauf +akk for);ich habe keinen richtigen Hunger I’m not really hungry;ich habe Hunger auf (+akk) umg auch I feel like …, Br auch I (could just) fancy …, US auch I could go for …;Wolf I could eat a horse;Hunger leiden starve;vor Hunger sterben die of starvation, starve to death;ich sterbe vor Hunger umg, fig I’m famished, I’m ravenous;Hunger ist der beste Koch sprichw hunger is the best sauce2. (Hungersnot) famine3. geh fig hunger, thirst (nach for)* * *der; Hungers1)Hunger bekommen/haben — get/be hungry
ich habe Hunger wie ein Bär od. Wolf — I'm so hungry I could eat a horse
Hunger auf etwas (Akk.) haben — fancy something; feel like something (coll.)
Hunger leiden — go hungry; starve
vor Hunger sterben — die of starvation or hunger; starve to death
2) (Hungersnot) famine* * *m.hunger n. -
4 Hunger
Hun·ger <-s> [ʼhʊŋɐ] m1) (\Hungergefühl) hunger;\Hunger bekommen/ haben to get/be hungry;keinen richtigen \Hunger haben to not really be hungry;\Hunger leiden ( geh) to starve, to go hungry;etw macht \Hunger sth makes sb hungry;Holzfällen macht \Hunger! woodcutting helps you work up an appetite;seinen \Hunger stillen to satisfy one's hunger;2) ( Hungersnot) famine;es herrschte großer \Hunger the area was stricken by faminejds \Hunger nach etw sb's thirst for sth;ihr \Hunger nach Wissen war unstillbar her thirst for knowledge was insatiableWENDUNGEN: -
5 rage
rage [ʀaʒ]1. feminine nouna. ( = colère) rageb. ( = envie) sa rage de vaincre his dogged determination to win2. compounds* * *ʀaʒ1) Médecine rabies [U]2) ( fureur) rageêtre en rage contre quelqu'un/contre quelque chose — to be furious with somebody/about something
se mettre or entrer dans une rage folle — to fly into a rage
avoir la rage au cœur or au ventre — (colloq) to (inwardly) seethe with rage
faire rage — [maladie, concurrence] to be rife; [épidémie, incendie, bataille] to rage
•Phrasal Verbs:••* * *ʀaʒ nf1) MÉDECINE2) (= fureur) rage, furyCe genre de commentaire la met en rage. — That type of remark infuriates her.
faire rage [bataille, tempête, incendie] — to rage
* * *rage nf2 ( fureur) rage; être en rage contre qn/qch to be furious with sb/about sth; être pris d'une rage aveugle/meurtrière/impuissante to go into a blind/murderous/helpless rage; être fou de rage to be in a mad rage; être ivre de rage to be beside oneself with rage; étouffer/écumer de rage to choke/foam with rage; se mettre or entrer dans une rage folle to fly into a rage; serrer les poings de rage to clench one's fists with rage; avoir la rage au cœur ou au ventre to (inwardly) seethe with rage; accepter qch la rage au cœur to accept sth while inwardly seething (with rage); mettre qn en rage to make sb's blood boil; faire rage [maladie, concurrence, spéculation] to be rife; [épidémie, incendie, tempête, bataille] to rage;3 ( passion) passion; la rage du jeu a passion for gambling; la rage de réussir/de gagner a passion for success/for winning; il s'entraîne/travaille avec rage he trains/works with passionate dedication.qui veut noyer son chien l'accuse de la rage give a dog a bad name and hang him.[raʒ] nom féminin1. MÉDECINE & MÉDECINE VÉTÉRINAIREelle est repartie la rage au cœur she went off boiling ou seething with rage4. (locution)a. [feu, ouragan] to rageb. [mode] to be all the rage
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