desear

Meaning

to wish
to desire, to want, to hope for, to long for
to look forward to

desire

wish

want

long

will

lust

covet

ache

long for

yearn

hope

wish for

love

ache for

aspire

aspire to

hope for

await

miss

want to

appreciate

crave

bid

pant

thirst

yen

fancy

lust after

be going to

design

dream

Frequency

Hyphenated as

de‧se‧ar

Pronounced as (IPA)

/deseˈaɾ/

From the noun deseo; 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 Portuguese desejar, Catalan desitjar.