starving

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From the verb starve: (⇒ conjugate)
starving is: Click the infinitive to see all available inflections
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WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2025:

Principal Translations
InglésEspañol
starving adj figurative, informal (very hungry)muerto de hambre loc adj
  famélico/a adj
  (MX, jerga)hambreado/a adj
 What time will dinner be ready? I'm starving!
 ¿A qué hora sirven la cena? ¡Estoy muerto de hambre!
starving adj (having no food)famélico/a adj
  (literal)hambriento/a adj
 Televised images of starving children led to a flood of donations.
 Las imágenes de niños famélicos en la tele hicieron que mucha gente donase dinero.
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WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2025:

Principal Translations
InglésEspañol
starve vi (have no food)pasar hambre loc verb
  morir de hambre loc verb
 The crops have failed and the people are starving.
 Los cultivos se han estropeado y la gente está pasando hambre.
starve [sb/sth] vtr (deny food to)no dar de comer loc verb
  matar de hambre loc verb
 The man was convicted of animal cruelty after he starved his dog for weeks.
 Aquel hombre fue procesado por crueldad hacia los animales después de no darle de comer a su perro durante semanas.
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Additional Translations
InglésEspañol
starve vi informal, figurative (be very hungry)morirse de hambre loc verb
 What time is dinner? I think I might starve if I don't eat something soon! Audrey had been playing volleyball for two hours and she was starving when she got home.
 ¿A qué hora es la cena? ¡Creo que me voy a morir de hambre si no como algo pronto! Audrey estuvo jugando al vóleibol durante dos horas y, cuando llegó a casa, estaba muerta de hambre.
starve [sb/sth] of [sth] vtr + prep figurative (deprive of [sth])privar a alguien de algo loc verb
 The parents starved their children of affection.
 Los padres privaban a sus hijos de cariño.
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Collocations: (the) starving [children, victims, families, masses, people], starving [children] in [Africa], [feed, support, satisfy] the starving [children], more...

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