morir de hambre

Spanish

Verb

morir de hambre (first-person singular present muero de hambre, first-person singular preterite morí de hambre, past participle muerto de hambre)

1. to die of hunger, to starve to death
2. (idiomatic, intransitive) to starve, to be starving, to be famished
3. (idiomatic, pronominal) to starve, to be starving, to be famished

Coordinate terms

• morir de sed (“to die of thirst”)

Further reading

• “morir, o morirse, de hambre”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 23rd edition, Royal Spanish Academy, 2014 October 16