What does fame in Italian mean?

What is the meaning of the word fame in Italian? The article explains the full meaning, pronunciation along with bilingual examples and instructions on how to use fame in Italian.

The word fame in Italian means hunger, hunger, famine, starvation, hunger, craving, fame, celebrity, reputation, name, hunger for, long for, desire, be hungry, feel hungry, be starving, very ugly, the munchies, starving, world hunger, allow someone to starve to death, to starve someone, starve, to feed, starve, very poor, to be starving, suffer hunger pangs, be starving, hunger strike. To learn more, please see the details below.

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Meaning of the word fame

hunger

sostantivo femminile (acuto bisogno di cibo)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Marco ha fame; prepara il pranzo.
ⓘQuesta frase non è una traduzione della frase inglese. Many parts of the world are still plagued by hunger.

hunger, famine, starvation

sostantivo femminile (figurato (miseria, indigenza, povertà)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
La famiglia viveva in condizioni da fame.
The family lived in conditions of poverty.

hunger, craving

sostantivo femminile (figurato (brama, desiderio, voglia) (figurative)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Era accecato dalla fame di potere.
He was blinded by this desire for power.

fame, celebrity

sostantivo femminile (gloria, rinomanza, celebrità)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Quell'attore è ormai stato rovinato dalla fama.
That actor has been ruined by fame.

reputation, name

sostantivo femminile (reputazione)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
La sua fama è arrivata fino al nostro paese.
His reputation has reached as far as our country.

hunger for, long for, desire

verbo transitivo o transitivo pronominale (figurato: desiderare) (figurative)

(transitive verb: Verb taking a direct object--for example, "Say something." "She found the cat.")

be hungry, feel hungry

be starving

(intransitive verb: Verb not taking a direct object--for example, "She jokes." "He has arrived.")

very ugly

the munchies

starving

(adjective: Describes a noun or pronoun--for example, "a tall girl," "an interesting book," "a big house.")

world hunger

sostantivo femminile

allow someone to starve to death, to starve someone

starve

verbo transitivo o transitivo pronominale (idiomatico (essere molto povero) (figurative)

(intransitive verb: Verb not taking a direct object--for example, "She jokes." "He has arrived.")

to feed

starve

verbo intransitivo (figurato (essere affamato) (figurative)

(intransitive verb: Verb not taking a direct object--for example, "She jokes." "He has arrived.")

very poor

locuzione aggettivale (idiomatico (in stato di indigenza)

(adjective: Describes a noun or pronoun--for example, "a tall girl," "an interesting book," "a big house.")

to be starving

suffer hunger pangs, be starving

(transitive verb: Verb taking a direct object--for example, "Say something." "She found the cat.")

hunger strike

sostantivo maschile (manifestazione di protesta)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

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