famine

hambruna

Falta extrema de alimentos en una región, que provoca hambre o muerte entre muchas personas.

En inglés sencillo: A severe lack of food across an area, causing many people to go hungry or die.

• The country faces famine.
• Drought and war caused widespread famine.
• Aid workers brought food to villages affected by famine.

Sinónimos: food shortage

Expresiones frecuentes: widespread famine, famine relief, face famine, risk of famine

hambruna

Período en que una región tiene tan pocos alimentos que muchas personas pasan hambre o mueren.

En inglés sencillo: A period when an area has so little food that many people go hungry or die.

• The famine lasted two years.
• Her grandparents survived a terrible famine.
• Several famines struck the region during that century.

Expresiones frecuentes: during the famine, years of famine, survive a famine