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Portuguese
Etymology
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.
Pronunciation
Verb
desejar (first-person singular present desejo, first-person singular preterite desejei, past participle desejado)
- to wish
- (formal) to desire
- Synonyms: querer, apetecer, cobiçar, ambicionar, almejar
Conjugation
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.