desejar

Meaning

to wish
(formal) to desire

Frequency

Pronounced as (IPA)

/de.zeˈʒa(ʁ)/

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 Spanish desear, Catalan desitjar.

Cognate with Spanish

desear

Cognate with Catalan

desitjar

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Sentences

Sem ofensa ?, mas sua agilidade deixa muito a

desejar .

No offense?, but his agility leaves much to be desired.

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