cobiçar

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Portuguese

Etymology

From cobiça (greed) +‎ -ar.[1]

Pronunciation

 
 

  • 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 (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 20032025