desejo

Galician

Noun

desejo m (plural desejos, reintegrationist norm)

  1. reintegrationist spelling of desexo

Further reading

  • desejo”, in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (in Galician), 2014–2026

Old Galician-Portuguese

Etymology

    Inherited from Early Medieval Latin dēsideus (desire), from Latin dēsidia (sloth, debauchery).

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /deˈze.d͡ʒo/

    Noun

    desejo m (plural desejos)

    1. desire

    Descendants

    • Galician: desexo
    • Portuguese: desejo

    Further reading

    Portuguese

    Alternative forms

    Pronunciation

     
     

    • Audio (Portugal (Porto)):(file)
    • Rhymes: (Brazil) -eʒu, (Portugal) -ɐʒu, -ɐjʒu
    • Hyphenation: de‧se‧jo

    Etymology 1

      Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese desejo, from Early Medieval Latin dēsideus (desire), from Latin dēsidia (sloth, debauchery). Compare Galician desexo, Asturian deséu, Spanish deseo, and Aragonese deseyo.

      Noun

      desejo m (plural desejos)

      1. desire
        • 1976, “Maçã do Rosto” (2:39 from the start), in A Voz, o Violão, a Música de Djavan, performed by Djavan, Rio de Janeiro: EMI-Odeon:
          Vem morrer nesse beijo que eu vou te dar / Por você meu desejo aumentou e pode me matar
          Come die in this kiss that I'm going to give you / For you my desire has increased and can kill me
      2. wish
      3. (colloquial) food craving

      Etymology 2

      See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

      Verb

      desejo

      1. first-person singular present indicative of desejar

      Further reading