affamare

Meaning

1. (transitive) to starve (to cause to starve, e.g. due to a siege)
2. (figuratively, transitive) to impoverish
3. (intransitive) to starve

Concepts

starve

be hungry

famish

fast

starve out

Synonyms

avere fame

patire la fame

far morire di fame

essere famelico

farsi venire fame

pigliare

digiunare

Translations

hambrear

affamer

padecer hambre

hungern

tener hambre

avoir faim

λιμοκτονώ

açlıktan ölmek

donner faim

Hunger haben

mourir de faim

aushungern

matar de gana

sich Hunger aussetzen

verhungern

Hyphenated as

af‧fa‧mà‧re

Pronounced as (IPA)

/af.faˈma.re/

Etymology

From a- + fame + -are.