Translation for "half-starved" to spanish

Half-starved

• hambriento
• medio-starved

Translation examples

hambriento

The beast was savage and half-starved.
-Era un perro muy feroz y estaba hambriento.

I am sure you are half-starved! Are you hungry?
Seguro que estás hambriento. ¿Tienes hambre?

Even if he wasn’t half starved it could have tasted no better;
Aunque no estuviera hambriento, lo hubiera encontrado delicioso;

His reward was to hold power over ragged, half-starved little boys.
Su recompensa era ejercer autoridad sobre chiquillos pobres y medio hambrientos.

The pain of loving them gnawed at his insides like a half-starved rat.
El dolor del cariño roía sus tripas como una rata medio hambrienta.

Army O Club was the perfect destination for people half-starved on airline food.
Un club de oficiales del ejército norteamericano es el destino ideal para gente que llega hambrienta tras desayunar en un avión.

“But you were a half-starved boy then and anything would have been wonderful,” Henrietta suggested.
—Pero tú entonces eras un muchacho medio hambriento y todo debía de parecerte maravilloso —repuso Enriqueta.

Half-starved and overladen, the wind-steed gasped at each lift and downbeat of its great barred wings.
Hambrienta y sobrecargada, la montura jadeaba a cada movimiento de sus grandes alas.

He may have been voiceless, but he had eaten and drunk at the quay side, both with the desperation of the half-starved.
Quizá no tuviese voz, aunque había comido y bebido en el muelle con el ansia de los hambrientos.