Also means
famine
Usage Note
Hambre is grammatically feminine (el hambre uses el only because it begins with a stressed /a/; adjectives still agree feminine: mucha hambre, never mucho hambre). This masculine-article-on-feminine-noun pattern is a classic learner trap — compare el agua fría. Tener hambre means 'to be hungry'; pasar hambre means 'to go hungry'.
Examples
"Los niños tienen mucha hambre después de clase."
Natural Translation
The children are very hungry after school.

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