faminto

Portuguese

Etymology

From earlier famiinto, from Old Galician-Portuguese famĩento, from Vulgar Latin *faminentus, from Latin famēs (“hunger”).

Cognate with Galician famento and Spanish hambriento.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /faˈmĩ.tu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /faˈmĩ.tu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /faˈmĩ.to/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /fɐˈmĩ.tu/

• Hyphenation: fa‧min‧to

Adjective

faminto (feminine faminta, masculine plural famintos, feminine plural famintas)

1. hungry, famished

Related terms

• fome