inveja

Meaning

invejar

  1. to envy
  2. to begrudge

Concepts

Frequency

B2
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ĩˈvɛ.ʒɐ/
Etymology

In summary

From an alteration of Old Galician-Portuguese enveja, from Latin invidia. Compare Galician envexa, Catalan and Occitan enveja and French envie. Doublet of invídia, a learned borrowing with the same meaning.

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