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desejo.

desire

6 characters3 syllables approx.Português language

Meaning & usage

noun/deˈze.ʒu/Brazil/dɨˈzɐ(j).ʒu/Portugal/dɨˈze.ʒu/Northern, Portugal/dɨˈze.ʒu/Central, Portugal

  1. desire

    masculine

  2. wish

    masculine

  3. food craving

    colloquial · masculine
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Indo-European *-h₁ Proto-Indo-European *déh₁ Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Latin dē- Proto-Indo-European *sed- Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁yeti Proto-Indo-European *sedéh₁yeti Proto-Italic *sedēō Latin sedeō Latin dēsideo Proto-Indo-European *-s Latin -s Latin dēses Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ia Latin dēsidia ▲ Latin dēsīderiuminflu. Early Medieval Latin dēsideus Old Galician-Portuguese desejo Portuguese desejo Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese desejo, from Early Medieval Latin dēsideus (“desire”), from Latin dēsidia (“sloth, debauchery”). Compare Galician desexo, Asturian deséu, Spanish deseo, Aragonese deseyo, Sicilian disiju.

verb/deˈze.ʒu/Brazil/dɨˈzɐ(j).ʒu/Portugal/dɨˈze.ʒu/Northern, Portugal/dɨˈze.ʒu/Central, Portugal

  1. first-person singular present indicative of desejar

    first-person · form-of · indicative · present · singular
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