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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
Adjective
faminto (feminine faminta, masculine plural famintos, feminine plural famintas)
- hungry, famished
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