How to say you’re hungry in Spanish

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As the title shows, I'll show you today how to express that you're hungry. Plus, I'll show you some exaggerations and slang.

Let's begin! This will be a short and very simple lesson. First, the word for hungry:

Hambre (ham-breh) - Hunger, hungry

How to say you're hungry:

- Tengo hambre - I'm hungry

*The one you will hear the most, and use the most. Can be used in any setting, both casual and formal.

- Estoy hambriento/Estoy hambrienta - I'm hungry

*This one is less common than the example above.

(*ending in 'o' is the masculine, and in 'a' the feminine)

Casual exaggerations:

*Me muero de hambre - I'm starving

*Estoy verde de hambre - I'm starving (literally: I'm green with hunger)

*Estoy muerta de hambre/Estoy muerto de hambre - I'm starving

Other related expressions:

Tengo el estómago vacío - My stomach is empty/I'm on an empty stomach

Estoy en ayunas - I'm fasting

No he comido nada - I haven't eaten anything

No he comido nada todavía - I haven't eaten anything yet

To end, Puertorrican slang for hungry!

(It's super casual, so you shouldn't use it in public; just use it among friends and family)

Estoy esmayao/Estoy esmayá - I'm starving

(ehs-mah-jah-oh) (ehs-mah-jah)

(Ending in 'a' is the feminine form, and ending in 'o' is the masculine)

*I think this word came from the word 'desmayado' which means unconscious (from fainting), but we use it to express that we're very hungry. And you will usually hear older people using it (older people here use it more than 'tengo hambre' to express they are hungry, so for them most of the time it's not an exaggeration).

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