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Galician
Adjective
egoísta m or f (plural egoístas)
- selfish
Derived terms
Noun
egoísta m or f by sense (plural egoístas)
- egotist
Further reading
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from French égoïste.[1][2] By surface analysis, ego + -ista.
Pronunciation
Adjective
egoísta m or f (plural egoístas)
- selfish (holding one’s self-interest as the standard for decision making)
- Synonyms: egocentrado, egocêntrico, egoístico, egotista
- Antonyms: altruísta, altruístico
Derived terms
Noun
egoísta m or f by sense (plural egoístas)
- egotist, selfish person
- Synonyms: egocentrista, egotista
- Antonym: altruísta
References
Spanish
Etymology
From ego + -ista.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /eɡoˈista/
- Rhymes: -ista
- Syllabification: e‧go‧ís‧ta
Adjective
egoísta m or f (masculine and feminine plural egoístas)
- egotistic (believing oneself to be superior)
- Synonym: egocentrista
- Antonym: abnegado
- selfish
- Synonyms: avaro, codicioso, codo
- Antonyms: altruista, compartido
Derived terms
Noun
egoísta m or f by sense (plural egoístas)
- egotist
Further reading