fome

Meaning

1. (feminine,uncountable) hunger (need or compelling desire for food)
2. (feminine,figuratively) hunger (any strong desire)
3. (feminine) famine (extreme shortage of food in a region)

Hyphenated as

fo‧me

Gender

♀️ Feminine

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈfõ.mi/

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese fame, from Latin famēs (“hunger”) (possibly through a Vulgar Latin alternative accusative form Latin *fam(i)ne(m), or more likely a variant nominative form *famen), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dʰH- (“to disappear”). Compare Galician fame, Spanish hambre (Old Spanish fambre), Catalan fam, French faim, Italian fame and Romanian foame (which likewise underwent an unusual phonetic development, possibly influenced by the unrelated Latin fomes (“tinder”)).

Sentences

Agora eu não sei se estou com fome ou não .

Now I don't know if I'm hungry or not.

A namorada de Mlinar e a namorada do viúvo raramente sentem fome .

Mlinar's girlfriend and the widower's girlfriend rarely feel hungry.