How to Say “I’m Hungry” in 21 Different Languages

After being an expat for the past 18 years, and a world traveler since the age of 4 months, I’m a little bit obsessed with learning different languages. I speak French, conversational Italian and a touch of Spanish and any time we travel to a new place we try to learn the essentials, most importantly how to say “I’m hungry” in different languages and some basic food vocabulary. As long as we have access to delicious food, we are happy anywhere. I hope the phrases below will help you eat well during your travel!

We’ve also been known to travel for food and we’re not the only ones. Food tourism (or culinary tourism) is a thing. People travel to try different foods. Travelers are hungry make “I’m hungry” one of the most important phrases to learn before your trip.

How to say “I’m hungry” in 21 different languages

1. Spanish : tengo hambre
2. French : j’ai faim
3. Italian : ho famme
4. Portuguese : estou com fome
5. German : ich habe hunger
6. Romanian : mea foame
7. Japanese : お腹が空きました (Onaka ga akimashita)
8. Swedish : jag är hungrig
9. Finnish : olen nälkäinen
10. Serbian : гладан сам (gladan sam)
11. Czech/Slovak : mám hlad
12. Lithuanian : norriu valguité
13. Chinese : 我饿了 (Wǒ èle)
14. Ethiopian : እርቦኛል (iribonyali)
15. Polish : jestem głodny
16. Thai : ฉันหิว Chan Heu
17. Luxembourgish : Ich bin hungrig
18. Norwegian : jeg er sulten
19. Icelandic : ég er svangur
20. Swahili : nina njaa
21. Greek : πεινάω (peináo)

Below are a few videos to help you get your pronunciation down if you’d like to practice before your trip!

How to say “I’m hungry” in Spanish Video

How to say “I’m hungry” in French Video

How to say “I’m hungry” in Italian Video

How to say “I’m hungry” in German Video

If I’ve made any mistakes, please let me know and of course, if you have a language to add to the list, let me know in the comments below! I would love to be able to continue updating this useful list of ways to say “I’m hungry” in different languages.

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How to say “I’m hungry” in 21 different languages

Make sure you learn these phrases so you can eat well across the globe.

Do you learn bits and pieces of the local language when you travel somewhere new? What words do you learn?

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