codiciar

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Spanish codicia

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu.

Proto-Italic *-ājō

Proto-Italic *-āō

Latin -āre

Old Spanish -ar

Spanish -ar

Spanish codiciar

From codicia + -ar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kodiˈθjaɾ/ [ko.ð̞iˈθjaɾ] (Spain, Equatorial Guinea)
• IPA^(key): /kodiˈsjaɾ/ [ko.ð̞iˈsjaɾ] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: co‧di‧ciar

Verb

codiciar (first-person singular present codicio, first-person singular preterite codicié, past participle codiciado)

1. (transitive) to covet

Conjugation

    Conjugation of codiciar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			codiciar
gerund			codiciando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		codiciado		codiciada
		plural		codiciados		codiciadas
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	codicio	codiciastú codiciásvos	codicia	codiciamos	codiciáis	codician
	imperfect	codiciaba	codiciabas	codiciaba	codiciábamos	codiciabais	codiciaban
	preterite	codicié	codiciaste	codició	codiciamos	codiciasteis	codiciaron
	future	codiciaré	codiciarás	codiciará	codiciaremos	codiciaréis	codiciarán
	conditional	codiciaría	codiciarías	codiciaría	codiciaríamos	codiciaríais	codiciarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	codicie	codiciestú codiciésvos2	codicie	codiciemos	codiciéis	codicien
	imperfect (ra)	codiciara	codiciaras	codiciara	codiciáramos	codiciarais	codiciaran
	imperfect (se)	codiciase	codiciases	codiciase	codiciásemos	codiciaseis	codiciasen
	future1	codiciare	codiciares	codiciare	codiciáremos	codiciareis	codiciaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		codiciatú codiciávos	codicie	codiciemos	codiciad	codicien
	negative		no codicies	no codicie	no codiciemos	no codiciéis	no codicien

¹Rare; now chiefly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tuteo-form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of codiciar

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive codiciar	dative	codiciarme	codiciarte	codiciarle, codiciarse	codiciarnos	codiciaros	codiciarles, codiciarse
	accusative	codiciarme	codiciarte	codiciarlo, codiciarla, codiciarse	codiciarnos	codiciaros	codiciarlos, codiciarlas, codiciarse
with gerund codiciando	dative	codiciándome	codiciándote	codiciándole, codiciándose	codiciándonos	codiciándoos	codiciándoles, codiciándose
	accusative	codiciándome	codiciándote	codiciándolo, codiciándola, codiciándose	codiciándonos	codiciándoos	codiciándolos, codiciándolas, codiciándose
with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative codicia	dative	codíciame	codíciate	codíciale	codícianos	not used	codíciales
	accusative	codíciame	codíciate	codícialo, codíciala	codícianos	not used	codícialos, codícialas
with informal second-person singular voseo imperative codiciá	dative	codiciame	codiciate	codiciale	codicianos	not used	codiciales
	accusative	codiciame	codiciate	codicialo, codiciala	codicianos	not used	codicialos, codicialas
with formal second-person singular imperative codicie	dative	codícieme	not used	codíciele, codíciese	codícienos	not used	codícieles
	accusative	codícieme	not used	codícielo, codíciela, codíciese	codícienos	not used	codícielos, codícielas
with first-person plural imperative codiciemos	dative	not used	codiciémoste	codiciémosle	codiciémonos	codiciémoos	codiciémosles
	accusative	not used	codiciémoste	codiciémoslo, codiciémosla	codiciémonos	codiciémoos	codiciémoslos, codiciémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative codiciad	dative	codiciadme	not used	codiciadle	codiciadnos	codiciaos	codiciadles
	accusative	codiciadme	not used	codiciadlo, codiciadla	codiciadnos	codiciaos	codiciadlos, codiciadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative codicien	dative	codícienme	not used	codícienle	codíciennos	not used	codícienles, codíciense
	accusative	codícienme	not used	codícienlo, codícienla	codíciennos	not used	codícienlos, codícienlas, codíciense

Derived terms

• codiciador

Related terms

• acodiciar
• codicia
• codicioso

Further reading

• “codiciar”, 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