desejo
Meaning
desejar
- to wish
- (formal) to desire
Concepts
Synonyms
desiderio
Wunsch
deseo
désir
desig
arzu
begeerteFrequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/deˈze.ʒu/
Etymology
In summary
Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese desejo, from Early Medieval Latin dēsideus (“desire”), from Latin dēsidia (“sloth, debauchery”). Compare Galician desexo, Asturian deséu, Spanish deseo, and Aragonese deseyo.
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