codicia
See also: codiciá
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /koˈdiθja/ [koˈð̞i.θja] (Spain, Equatorial Guinea)
- IPA(key): /koˈdisja/ [koˈð̞i.sja] (Latin America, Philippines)
- Rhymes: -iθja (Spain, Equatorial Guinea)
- Rhymes: -isja (Latin America, Philippines)
- Syllabification: co‧di‧cia
Etymology 1
Inherited from Old Spanish cobdicia, borrowed from Late Latin cupiditia, from cupiditās (“desire”), with a change in suffix. Compare Asturian cobicia and Portuguese cobiça.
Alternative forms
- cudicia (archaic)
Noun
codicia f (plural codicias)
Derived terms
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
codicia
- inflection of codiciar:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative
References
- Coromines, Joan; Pascual, José Antonio (1984), “codicia”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critical Castilian and Hispanic etymological dictionary][1] (in Spanish), volume II (Ce–F), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 117
Further reading
- “codicia”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 24th edition, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 30 October 2026
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- Spanish 3-syllable words
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- Rhymes:Spanish/iθja
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- Rhymes:Spanish/isja
- Rhymes:Spanish/isja/3 syllables
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