ter fame
Galician
editEtymology
editLiterally, “to have hunger”.
Pronunciation
editVerb
editter fame (first-person singular present teño fame, first-person singular preterite tiven fame, past participle tido fame)
- to be hungry
- to desire; to covet; to be hungry for [with de ‘something’]
- Teño fame de aplausos! ― I'm hungry for applauses
- 1869, Folk song:
- Teño sede, teño fame,
mais a fame no'é de viño:
teño fame de un abrazo,
teño sede de un biquiño.- I'm thirsty, I'm hungry,
but my appetite is not for wine:
I'm hungry for a hug,
I'm thirsty for a kiss.
- I'm thirsty, I'm hungry,
References
edit- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “ter fame”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega