codicioso

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Spanish codicia

Proto-Indo-European *h₃ed-

Proto-Indo-European *-os

Proto-Indo-European *h₃édosder.?

Proto-Italic *-ŏ̄dsos?

Old Latin -ōssus

Latin -ōsus

Old Spanish -oso

Spanish -oso

Spanish codicioso

From codicia + -oso.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kodiˈθjoso/ [ko.ð̞iˈθjo.so] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• IPA^(key): /kodiˈsjoso/ [ko.ð̞iˈsjo.so] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -oso
• Syllabification: co‧di‧cio‧so

Adjective

codicioso (feminine codiciosa, masculine plural codiciosos, feminine plural codiciosas)

1. greedy, covetous

   Synonyms: avaricioso, tragón, ávido, avaro, avorazado, angurriento

Derived terms

• codiciosamente

Noun

codicioso m (plural codiciosos, feminine codiciosa, feminine plural codiciosas)

1. coveter; greedy person

Further reading

• “codicioso”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025