ansia

See also: ansía, ansiá, ànsia, and ânsia

Galician

Etymology

From Late Latin anxia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈansi̯ɐ]

Noun

ansia f (plural ansias)

1. craving, eagerness
2. interest, involvement
3. worry
4. anxiety

References

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “ansia”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “ansia”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “ansia”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

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Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈan.sja/
• Rhymes: -ansja
• Hyphenation: àn‧sia

Etymology 1

Learned borrowing from Late Latin anxia, derived from Classical Latin anxius (“anxious”).

Noun

ansia f (plural ansie)

1. anxiety, apprehension

   Synonyms: ansietà, apprensione

2. eagerness

   Synonym: bramosia

Derived terms

• ansiogeno
• ansiolitico

 

Related terms

• ansare
• ansiare
• ansietà
• ansimare
• ansio
• ansioso

 

References

• ansia in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

ansia

1. feminine singular of ansio

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

ansia

1. inflection of ansiare:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Anagrams

• ansai, asina, sanai

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Spanish

Etymology

From Late Latin anxia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈansja/ [ˈãn.sja]

Noun

ansia f (plural ansias)

1. anxiety, apprehension

   Synonyms: ansiedad, aprehensión

2. craving, eagerness, hankering, yearning, longing

Usage notes

• Feminine nouns beginning with stressed /ˈa/ like this one regularly take the singular articles el and un, usually reserved for masculine nouns.

  el ansia, un ansia

• They maintain the usual feminine singular articles la and una if an adjective intervenes between the article and the noun.

Related terms

• ansiar
• ansiedad
• ansiolítico
• ansioso

 

Further reading

• “ansia”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014