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Translate covetousness from English to Spanish

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covetous:
- deseoso; ansioso; codicioso
Wiktionary:
- covetousness → codicia
- covetousness → avidez
- covetous → codicioso

English

Detailed Translations for covetousness from English to Spanish

covetousness:

Translation Matrix for covetousness:

Noun	Related Translations	Other Translations
-	avarice; avariciousness; avaritia; cupidity; greed; rapacity
Other	Related Translations	Other Translations
-	greed

Related Words for "covetousness":

covetous

Synonyms for "covetousness":

envy; enviousness
avarice; avariciousness; cupidity; greed
greed; rapacity; avaritia; mortal sin; deadly sin

Related Definitions for "covetousness":

reprehensible acquisitiveness; insatiable desire for wealth (personified as one of the deadly sins)¹
extreme greed for material wealth¹
an envious eagerness to possess something¹

Wiktionary Translations for covetousness:

covetousness

noun

desire for the possession of something
- covetousness → codicia

Cross Translation:

From	To	Via
• covetousness	→ avidez	↔ avidité — caractère de celui, de celle, qui est avide. désir excessif de posséder, de consommer.

covetousness form of covetous:

covetous adj

covetous (desirous; eager; greedy; avid; keen; thirsty; eagre)
deseoso; ansioso; codicioso
- deseoso adj
- ansioso adj
- codicioso adj

Translation Matrix for covetous:

Noun	Related Translations	Other Translations
codicioso		miser; niggard; screw; skin-flint; skinflint
Adjective	Related Translations	Other Translations
-	avaricious; envious; grabby; grasping; greedy; jealous; prehensile
Other	Related Translations	Other Translations
-	greedy; mercenary
Modifier	Related Translations	Other Translations
ansioso	avid; covetous; desirous; eager; eagre; greedy; keen; thirsty	avid; desirous; eager; eagre; hankering; keen; longing; yearning
codicioso	avid; covetous; desirous; eager; eagre; greedy; keen; thirsty	desirous; eager for; grasping; greedy; keen on; longing for; moneygrubbing
deseoso	avid; covetous; desirous; eager; eagre; greedy; keen; thirsty	desirous; hankering; longing; yearning

Related Words for "covetous":

covetousness, covetously

Synonyms for "covetous":

envious; jealous; desirous; wishful
avaricious; grabby; grasping; greedy; prehensile; acquisitive

Related Definitions for "covetous":

immoderately desirous of acquiring e.g. wealth¹
- casting covetous eyes on his neighbor's fields¹
showing extreme cupidity; painfully desirous of another's advantages¹
- he was never covetous before he met her¹
- jealous of his success and covetous of his possessions¹

Wiktionary Translations for covetous:

Cross Translation:

From	To	Via
• covetous	→ codicioso	↔ rangig — habgierig

¹WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University