Polyglot Dictionary

ganância

/ɡaˈnɐ̃sjɐ/

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 ganâncias

Meaning

  1. greed

    • A ganância o cegou.

      Greed blinded him.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

avareza

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.

Similar in other languages

German

Habgier

Habgier is the German word for the same thing — both mean "greed."

Spanish

avaricia

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

Spanish

codicia

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

Practice

1 What does ganância mean?

2 Fill the gap: A ___ o cegou.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches ganância?

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