Polyglot Dictionary

hambruna

/amˈbɾuna/

la noun C1

el (masc.) la (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Academic Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
las hambrunas

Meaning

  1. famine

    • Hubo una hambruna terrible.

      There was a terrible famine.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

escasez

Worth distinguishing: hambruna is a famine, an extreme shortage of food specifically; escasez is a shortage of anything.

Similar in other languages

German

Hungersnot

Hungersnot is the German word for the same thing — both mean "famine."

French

famine

famine is the French word for the same thing — both mean "famine."

Practice

1 What does hambruna mean?

2 Fill the gap: Hubo una ___ terrible.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches hambruna?

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