avaricia

/aβaˈɾisja/

la noun C1

el (masc.) la (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Academic Domain General Tone Neutral
Word fingerprint: Register: neutral. Era: current. Frequency: academic. Domain: general. Connotation: neutral.

Meaning

  1. greed

    • La avaricia lo arruinó.

      Greed ruined him.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual
Meaning fingerprint: Category: thing. Concreteness: concrete. Animacy: inanimate. Countability: countable. Scope: individual.

Similar words

codicia

avaricia and codicia are close synonyms for "greed"; codicia leans slightly more toward greed for wealth or possessions specifically.

Similar in other languages

Portuguese

cobiça

cobiça is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "greed."

Portuguese

ganância

ganância is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "greed."

Practice

1 What does avaricia mean?

2 Fill the gap: La ___ lo arruinó.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches avaricia?

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