I'm Hungry??

Question

Estoy hambriento.

Tengo hambre.

Are both of these correct? I've seen them presented differently in two different Spanish lessons, and now I'm confused

Thanks!

Answer 1

Yes, both are correct. One uses the adjective form, hungry hambriento, the other uses the noun, hunger hambre.

Answer 2

Yup, both are correct! Tengo hambre is more common. And when you use estoy hambriento and want to say for (I'm hungry for...) you say Estoy hambriento de...

Answer 3

Well, to be more specific when you use

"tengo hambre" = "i´m hungry" / "estoy hambriento" = "I´m starving"

So, as you can see "I´m hungry" is when you haven´t eaten a meal, but when "I´m starving" is when you haven´t eaten in a longer period of time or you´re hungry due to extensive work.

Hope it helps, Good luck!

Answer 4

Estar famélico/a: que tiene mucha hambre

¡Estoy famélica! : I'm starving!

thats good ,never heard that one! - pacofinkler, Mar 17, 2011