/teˈneɾ un ˈambɾe kaˈnina/ lit. ‘to have a canine hunger’
Spanish idiom, everyday. To be extremely hungry.
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How do people use Tener un hambre canina
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Everyday Spanish that works with friends, family or colleagues. You almost always hear it in the first person, “tengo un hambre canina”, said on the way to the fridge. Hambre is feminine but takes “un” because it starts with a stressed a, so it’s “un hambre canina”, with the adjective still feminine.
Also said tener hambre canina, tengo un hambre canina
Tener un hambre canina
in real sentences
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Tengo un hambre canina.
I’m famished!
Tatoeba, sentence by wallebot, translation by darinmex, CC BY 2.0 FR
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¿Podemos hacer una pausa para comer? Tengo un hambre canina.
Can we take a break to eat? I’m starving.
Tatoeba, sentence by Shishir, CC BY 2.0 FR
Where does Tener un hambre canina
come from?
The picture is a dog that wolfs down whatever lands in its bowl and still looks up for more. English Wiktionary and the RAE dictionary both list “hambre canina” as a fixed expression for ravenous hunger, but neither gives a first date, so nobody can say how old it is.
Mistakes learners make with Tener un hambre canina
Writing “una hambre” or “un hambre canino”. The article switches to “un” only for the sound; the noun stays feminine, so the adjective has to be “canina”.
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