avaricia
See also: avarícia
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin avaritia, from avarus (“greedy”). Cognate with French avarice, Italian avarizia, Portuguese avareza.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /abaˈɾiθja/ [a.β̞aˈɾi.θja] (Spain)
- IPA(key): /abaˈɾisja/ [a.β̞aˈɾi.sja] (Latin America, Philippines)
- Rhymes: -iθja (Spain)
- Rhymes: -isja (Latin America, Philippines)
- Syllabification: a‧va‧ri‧cia
Noun
avaricia f (plural avaricias)
Derived terms
- avariciar
- avaricioso
Related terms
Further reading
- “avaricia”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024