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affamato-assetato

Spanish translation: muerto de hambre - sediento

19:55 Mar 13, 2011
Italian to Spanish translations [PRO]
Slang
Italian term or phrase: affamato-assetato
aggettivo con il senso anche dispregiativo
ninacapri
Local time: 10:07
Spanish translation:muerto de hambre - sediento
Explanation:
sería famélico o hambriento pero con sentido despreciativo quizá mejor muerto de hambre o muerto de sed
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Eva Giner
Spain
Local time: 10:07
Grading comment
thx
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
3 +3muerto de hambre - sediento
Eva Giner
5hambriento/ sediento
DylanGiada
4muerto de hambre
Asier Merino


  

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5 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
muerto de hambre


Explanation:
Con sentido peyorativo se suele utilizar esta expresión.

Example sentence(s):
  • Es un muerto de hambre.
Asier Merino
Local time: 10:07
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Native speaker of: Native in CatalanCatalan, Native in SpanishSpanish
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5 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +3
muerto de hambre - sediento


Explanation:
sería famélico o hambriento pero con sentido despreciativo quizá mejor muerto de hambre o muerto de sed

Eva Giner
Spain
Local time: 10:07
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 16
Grading comment
thx

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Maria Clara Canzani
7 mins
agree  Raquel Bautista Valbuena
23 mins
agree  Maria Assunta Puccini
1 hr
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1827 days   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
hambriento/ sediento


Explanation:
Questi sono i termini corretti, mentre che in un linguaggio meno formale sarebbe " estoy muerto de hambre/estoy muerto de sed" come in italiano, "muoio di fame/ muoio di sete"

DylanGiada
Spain
Native speaker of: Native in ItalianItalian, Native in EnglishEnglish
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