desejar

From Old Galician-Portuguese desejar; from the noun desejo; cf. Latin dēsīderō, dēsīderāre (“long for, desire, feel the want of, miss, regret”). Possibly corresponds to a Vulgar Latin verb *dēsidiāre, itself perhaps a crossing between Latin dēsīderāre and invidiāre, from invidia. Compare Spanish desear, Catalan desitjar.

desejar (first-person singular present desejo, first-person singular preterite desejei, past participle desejado)

1. to wish
2. (formal) to desire

   Synonyms: querer, apetecer, cobiçar, ambicionar, almejar

• desejado
• desejável
• desejo
• desejoso