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A2 Spanish listening practice · Spanish from Spain · Curated for beginners

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What does “tengo un hambre que no veo” mean in Spanish?

tengo un hambre que no veo
Everyday expression
A big, almost funny way to say “I’m starving.”

On the train, he gives up waiting for the snack cart and groans, “tengo un hambre, tengo un hambre que no veo.” He starts with “tengo hambre” (I’m hungry), then adds “que no veo” — word for word “that I can’t see” — to blow the hunger way up. It’s the same playful move as “I’m so hungry I can’t think straight.” Light and a little dramatic. You’ll hear this “… que no veo” trick a lot in casual Spanish.

He says: “tengo un hambre, tengo un hambre que no veo” — “I’m hungry, I’m so hungry I can’t see straight.” The base is “tengo hambre” (I’m hungry); the “un” plus “que no veo” turns it into a big, joking version: I’m absolutely starving. You can tag “que no veo” onto other feelings for the same over-the-top effect: - “Tengo un sueño que no veo.” — I’m dead tired. - “Tengo unas ganas que no veo.” — I really, really can’t wait. - “Hace un frío que no veo.” — It’s freezing out. It’s friendly and a bit dramatic, used between friends, not in formal talk. Note it’s not literal — nobody is talking about eyesight; “que no veo” just means “to an extreme.”

Vocabulary frequency

How common is the vocabulary in this A2 Spanish listening practice listening practice?

93.7%
of words are in the top 2,000 most common Spanish words
Based on this reel’s transcript, most of the vocabulary is high-frequency, everyday Spanish.

General Spanish frequency

89.9%
Top 1,000
93.7%
Top 2,000
98.2%
Top 5,000

Spoken Spanish frequency

92.3%
Top 1,000
98.8%
Top 2,000
100%
Top 5,000
👄 Conversational vocabulary
This reel’s words appear more often in subtitle-based spoken-Spanish data than in general usage, so it may feel closer to everyday conversation.

Words above this video’s level

Quick glosses for vocabulary that goes beyond this video’s A2 level.

mascarilla
3×
Rare / outside top 5,000
mask
perdonadme
3×
Rare / outside top 5,000
forgive me
bocadillos
2×
Rare / outside top 5,000
sandwiches
haberme
2×
Rare / outside top 5,000Common in speech
having me

Source: wordfreq 3.1.1 (general) · SUBTLEX-ESP 2011 (spoken). Buckets approximate; exact ranks not stored.

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