codicia

See also: codiciá

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /koˈdiθja/ [koˈð̞i.θja] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• IPA^(key): /koˈdisja/ [koˈð̞i.sja] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -iθja (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• Rhymes: -isja (Latin America, Philippines)
• Syllabification: co‧di‧cia

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Spanish cobdicia, borrowed from Late Latin cupiditia, from cupiditās (“desire”), with a change in suffix. Compare Asturian cobicia and Portuguese cobiça.

Alternative forms

• cudicia (archaic)

Noun

codicia f (plural codicias)

1. greed, avarice

   Synonym: avaricia

2. (archaic) lust

   Synonym: lujuria

Derived terms

• codiciable
• codiciar
• codicioso

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

codicia

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

References

• Coromines, Joan; Pascual, José Antonio (1984), “codicia”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critical Castilian and Hispanic etymological dictionary]‎^[1] (in Spanish), volume II (Ce–F), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 117

Further reading

• “codicia”, 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