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 Translation for 'hungry' from English to Greek
ADJ   hungry | hungrier | hungriest
SYNO athirst | hungry | thirsty
hungry {adj}πεινασμένος
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Translation for 'hungry' from English to Greek

hungry {adj}
πεινασμένος
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Usage Examples English
  • In AmE the word "quite" used as a qualifier is generally a reinforcement, though it is somewhat uncommon in actual colloquial American use today and carries an air of formality: for example, "I'm quite hungry" is a very polite way to say "I'm very hungry".
  • The scripture also includes stories of Maha Moggallāna's travels to the hungry ghost realm and his discussions with hungry ghosts and his understanding of the realm.
  • The following night, Kerry is on a bus to New York City, where he talks to a fellow passenger. The passenger tells Kerry he is hungry, to which Kerry responds that he is also getting hungry.
  • The song "Dear Sons and Daughters of Hungry Ghosts" refers to Pretas of Buddhist mythology.
  • For example, to say "I am hungry", one would say 我肚餓 "ngo5 tou5 ngo6" (literally: I stomach hungry).

  • The tales in "A Banquet for Hungry Ghosts" spans across China, ranging from 200 BC to the modern technological world.
  • An unnamed spokeswoman for Totino's (Vanessa Bayer) would do anything for her "hungry guys". But while her "hungry guys" are watching the Super Bowl, she is doing things of her own.
  • Torvend is the author of "Luther and the Hungry Poor: Gathered Fragments", an examination of the early Reformation church's to the poor, hunger and the hungry poor, specifically Martin Luther.
  • Tyyi Tson (Euthanasia): Tyyi Tson means 'to give hungry rice' (hungry rice was a type of rice which the Bajju thought of as the most sacred and perhaps elite).
  • It is likely that the idea of hungry ghosts originated from ancient Indian culture, where they were referred to as Preta. However, there are many legends regarding the origin of hungry ghosts.

  • Sometime individuals have a predominance of hungry ghost in their makeup. They can never get enough, and are always hungry for more.
  • The Hungry Man (2004) "follows an unnamed and earnest-faced bespectacled male development worker teaching the eponymous hungry man how to improve his lot" ("The Power of Good Satire", The Fiji Times 2022 ).
  • In Japan, preta is translated as "gaki" ([...] , "hungry ghost"), a borrowing from Middle Chinese "ngaH kjwɨjX" ([...] , "hungry ghost").
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