famento

Meaning

  1. hungry, famished
  2. greedy

Frequency

C1
Pronounced as (IPA)
/faˈmento̝/
Etymology

In summary

Attested circa 1300. From Old Galician-Portuguese famĩento, from Vulgar Latin *faminentus, from Latin famēs (“hunger”). Cognate with Portuguese faminto and Spanish hambriento.

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