cobicia

Asturian

Alternative forms

  • coícia (Central Asturias)
  • codicia (Llanes)
  • coldicia (Eastern Asturias)
  • cudicia (Candamu)
  • cubicia (Somiedu, Ibias, Vaḷḷinaferrera, Salas, Pravia)
  • cuícia (Ayer)
  • acuicia (Ayer)
  • coudicia (dated)
  • codecia (Rato)

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin cupiditia, from cupiditās (“desire”), with a change in suffix. Compare Spanish codicia and Portuguese cobiça.

Noun

cobicia f (uncountable)

  1. greed, avarice
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