morir de hambre

• IPA^(key): /moˌɾiɾ de ˈambɾe/ [moˌɾiɾ ð̞e ˈãm.bɾe]
• Syllabification: mo‧rir de ham‧bre

morir de hambre (first-person singular present muero de hambre, first-person singular preterite morí de hambre, past participle muerto de hambre)

1. to die of hunger, to starve to death
2. (idiomatic, intransitive) to starve, to be starving, to be famished
3. (idiomatic, pronominal) to starve, to be starving, to be famished

• morir de sed (“to die of thirst”)

• “morir, o morirse, de hambre”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024