Spanish words for kids · Food & drink
How to say “I'm hungry” in Spanish
"I'm hungry" is one of the first full sentences kids find genuinely useful, because it gets results.
I'm hungry in Spanish
tengo hambre
Sounds like ≈ TEHN-goh AHM-breh
Good to know: Spanish says "I have hunger" rather than "I am hungry". The question is ¿tienes hambre? (TYEH-nehs AHM-breh).
Hear it in a song
Real lines from our Spanish songs, with the English meaning shown in the app:
¡Sí, tengo hambre!
Yes, I'm hungry!
from ¿Tienes Hambre? (Are You Hungry?)
Tengo hambre.
I'm hungry.
from ¿Cómo Te Sientes? (How Do You Feel?)
The song that teaches it
“I'm hungry” is one of the key words in this song. Every line is shown in Spanish with its English meaning.
Also sung in: ¿Cómo Te Sientes?, El Huevo de Dinosaurio.
Practice ideas for parents
- 1Before snacks, ask "are you hungry?" in Spanish and wait for tengo hambre.
- 2Give a teddy a tummy rumble and have it say tengo hambre.
- 3Use it in pretend play: the toy animals are hungry, what do they eat?
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About the pronunciation: the “sounds like” spellings are rough English approximations for parents (capital letters show the stressed syllable). Spanishhas sounds English doesn't, so treat them as a starting point and let the songs be the model. Songs are original and produced with AI music tools. Ideas for using Spanish songs with your family.