ganancioso

Portuguese

Etymology

From ganância +‎ -oso.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ɡa.nɐ̃.siˈo.zu/ [ɡa.nɐ̃.sɪˈo.zu], (faster pronunciation) /ɡa.nɐ̃ˈsjo.zu/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ɡa.nɐ̃.siˈo.zo/ [ɡa.nɐ̃.sɪˈo.zo], (faster pronunciation) /ɡa.nɐ̃ˈsjo.zo/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɡɐ.nɐ̃ˈsjo.zu/

Rhymes: -ozu
Hyphenation: ga‧nan‧ci‧o‧so

Adjective

ganancioso (feminine gananciosa, masculine plural gananciosos, feminine plural gananciosas, metaphonic)

greedy (having greed; consumed by selfish desires)
Synonym: guloso

Further reading

“ganancioso”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
“ganancioso”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

From ganancia +‎ -oso.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɡananˈθjoso/ [ɡa.nãn̟ˈθjo.so] (Spain, Equatorial Guinea)
IPA^(key): /ɡananˈsjoso/ [ɡa.nãnˈsjo.so] (Latin America, Philippines)
Rhymes: -oso
Syllabification: ga‧nan‧cio‧so

Adjective

ganancioso (feminine gananciosa, masculine plural gananciosos, feminine plural gananciosas)

Further reading

“ganancioso”, 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