sediento
Asturian
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /seˈdjento/ [seˈð̞jẽn̪.t̪o]
- Rhymes: -ento
- Syllabification: se‧dien‧to
Adjective
sediento (feminine sedienta, masculine plural sedientos, feminine plural sedientas)
- thirsty
- Estoy sediento.
- I'm thirsty.
Usage notes
Compare tener sed (“to be thirsty”, literally “to have thirst”) and estar sediento (“to be very thirsty”). The same happens for hambriento (“hungry”).
Related terms
Further reading
- “sediento”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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