sediento

sediento

1. neuter of sedientu

From sed +‎ -iento.

• IPA^(key): /seˈdjento/ [seˈð̞jẽn̪.t̪o]
• Rhymes: -ento
• Syllabification: se‧dien‧to

sediento (feminine sedienta, masculine plural sedientos, feminine plural sedientas)

1. thirsty

   Estoy sediento.

   I'm thirsty.

• Compare tener sed (“to be thirsty”, literally “to have thirst”) and estar sediento (“to be very thirsty”). The same happens for hambriento (“hungry”).

• “sediento”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28