desexar

Meaning

1. to wish
2. (formal) to desire

Pronounced as (IPA)

/deseˈʃaɾ/

Etymology

Inherited from Latin: dēsīderāre

Cognate with Portuguese: desejar

Cognate with Spanish: desear

Cognate with Catalan: desitjar

In summary

From Old Galician-Portuguese desejar; from the noun desejo; 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, Spanish desear, Catalan desitjar.