Polyglot Dictionary

avareza

/avaˈɾezɐ/

a noun C1

o (masc.) a (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Academic Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
as avarezas

Meaning

  1. greed

    • A avareza o arruinou.

      Greed ruined him.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

ganância

avareza is more about miserliness or stinginess, hoarding and being unwilling to spend; ganância is more about greed for gain, an ambition-driven wanting more.

cobiça

avareza is more about miserliness or stinginess, hoarding; cobiça is more about coveting something specific, wanting what someone else has — both mean "greed."

Similar in other languages

Spanish

codicia

codicia is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "greed."

French

avidité

avidité is the French word for the same thing — both mean "greed."

Practice

1 What does avareza mean?

2 Fill the gap: A ___ o arruinou.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches avareza?

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