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Galician
Etymology
From Late Latin anxia.
Pronunciation
Noun
ansia f (plural ansias)
- craving, eagerness
- interest, involvement
- worry
- anxiety
References
Italian
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Learned borrowing from Late Latin anxia, derived from Classical Latin anxius (“anxious”).
Noun
ansia f (plural ansie)
- anxiety, apprehension
- Synonyms: ansietà, apprensione
- eagerness
- Synonym: bramosia
Derived terms
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Further reading
- ansia in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Adjective
ansia
- feminine singular of ansio
Etymology 3
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
ansia
- inflection of ansiare:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative
Anagrams
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Late Latin anxia.
Pronunciation
Noun
ansia f (plural ansias)
- anxiety, apprehension
- Synonyms: ansiedad, aprehensión
- eagerness
- Synonym: avidez
- craving, hankering
- yearning, longing
- Synonym: anhelo
Usage notes
- Feminine nouns beginning with stressed /ˈa/ like this one regularly take the singular articles el and un, usually reserved for masculine nouns.
- el ansia, un ansia
- They maintain the usual feminine singular articles la and una if an adjective intervenes between the article and the noun.
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