faminto

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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

 

  • Hyphenation: fa‧min‧to

Adjective

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

  1. hungry, famished

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