peckish

peck·ish  (pksh)

adj.

1. Ill-tempered; irritable.

2. Chiefly British Somewhat hungry.

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[From peck, to eat.]

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peckish [ˈpɛkɪʃ]

adj

Informal chiefly Brit feeling slightly hungry; having an appetite

[from peck²]

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	peckish - somewhat hungry Britain, Great Britain, U.K., UK, United Kingdom, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland - a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; `Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom hungry - feeling hunger; feeling a need or desire to eat food; "a world full of hungry people"
	2.	peckish - easily irritated or annoyed; "an incorrigibly fractious young man"; "not the least nettlesome of his countrymen" irritable, peevish, pettish, petulant, techy, testy, tetchy, scratchy, nettlesome, cranky, fractious ill-natured - having an irritable and unpleasant disposition

Translations

peckish [ˈpekɪʃ] ADJ → con ganas de comer algo
I'm or I feel a bit peckish → tengo ganas de comer algo

peckish [ˈpɛkɪʃ] adj (British) (= hungry) to be peckish → avoir un creux
to feel a bit peckish → avoir un petit creux

peckish

adj (Brit inf: = hungry) I’m (feeling) a bit peckish → ich könnte was zwischen die Zähne gebrauchen (inf)

peckish [ˈpɛkɪʃ] adj (Brit) (fam) to feel a bit peckish → avere un languorino