cobiçar

Portuguese

Etymology

From cobiça (“greed”) +‎ -ar.[1]

Pronunciation

 
 
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ku.biˈsaɾ/ [ku.βiˈsaɾ]
    • (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /ku.biˈsa.ɾi/ [ku.βiˈsa.ɾi]

  • Hyphenation: co‧bi‧çar

Verb

cobiçar (first-person singular present cobiço, first-person singular preterite cobicei, past participle cobiçado)

  1. to covet
  2. to wish for
    Synonyms: desejar, ambicionar
  3. to aspire to

Conjugation

    Conjugation of cobiçar (c-ç alternation) (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
Singular Plural
First-person
(eu) 		Second-person
(tu) 		Third-person
(ele / ela / você) 		First-person
(nós) 		Second-person
(vós) 		Third-person
(eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal cobiçar
Personal cobiçar cobiçares cobiçar cobiçarmos cobiçardes cobiçarem
Gerund
cobiçando
Past participle
Masculine cobiçado cobiçados
Feminine cobiçada cobiçadas
Indicative
Present cobiço cobiças cobiça cobiçamos cobiçais cobiçam
Imperfect cobiçava cobiçavas cobiçava cobiçávamos cobiçáveis cobiçavam
Preterite cobicei cobiçaste cobiçou cobiçamos1, cobiçámos2 cobiçastes cobiçaram
Pluperfect cobiçara cobiçaras cobiçara cobiçáramos cobiçáreis cobiçaram
Future cobiçarei cobiçarás cobiçará cobiçaremos cobiçareis cobiçarão
Conditional cobiçaria cobiçarias cobiçaria cobiçaríamos cobiçaríeis cobiçariam
Subjunctive
Present cobice cobices cobice cobicemos cobiceis cobicem
Imperfect cobiçasse cobiçasses cobiçasse cobiçássemos cobiçásseis cobiçassem
Future cobiçar cobiçares cobiçar cobiçarmos cobiçardes cobiçarem
Imperative
Affirmative cobiça cobice cobicemos cobiçai cobicem
Negative (não) não cobices não cobice não cobicemos não cobiceis não cobicem

1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.

References

  1. ^ “cobiçar”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026

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