famento

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Galician

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Etymology

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Attested circa 1300. From Old Galician-Portuguese famĩento, from Vulgar Latin *faminentus, from Latin famēs (hunger). Cognate with Portuguese faminto and Spanish hambriento.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /faˈmento̝/, /faˈmɛnto̝/

Adjective

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famento (feminine famenta, masculine plural famentos, feminine plural famentas)

  1. hungry, famished
    • c. 1295, R. Lorenzo, editor, La traducción gallega de la Crónica General y de la Crónica de Castilla, Ourense: I.E.O.P.F, page 142:
      Et o conde foy logo ferir enos mouros muy de rigeo, assy com̃o a aguia famienta ena caça quando sse quer çeuar
      And the count stroke into the Moors very harshly, as the hungry eagle do to his prey when he wants to eat
  2. greedy

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