cobiçar

Portuguese

Etymology

From cobiça (greed) + -ar.[1]

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ko.biˈsa(ʁ)/ [ko.biˈsa(h)]
    • (São Paulo) IPA(key): /ko.biˈsa(ɾ)/
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ko.biˈsa(ʁ)/ [ko.biˈsa(χ)]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ko.biˈsa(ɻ)/
 
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ku.biˈsaɾ/ [ku.βiˈsaɾ]
    • (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /ku.biˈsa.ɾi/ [ku.βiˈsa.ɾi]

  • Hyphenation: co‧bi‧çar

Verb

cobiçar (first-person singular present cobiço, first-person singular preterite cobicei, past participle cobiçado)

  1. to covet
  2. to wish for
    Synonyms: desejar, ambicionar
  3. to aspire to

Conjugation

References

  1. cobiçar” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
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