avaricia

== Spanish == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin avaritia, from avarus (“greedy”). Cognate with French avarice, Italian avarizia, Portuguese avareza. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /abaˈɾiθja/ [a.β̞aˈɾi.θja] (Spain) IPA(key): /abaˈɾisja/ [a.β̞aˈɾi.sja] (Latin America, Philippines) Rhymes: -iθja (Spain) Rhymes: -isja (Latin America, Philippines) Syllabification: a‧va‧ri‧cia === Noun === avaricia f (plural avaricias) avarice, greed Synonyms: avidez, codicia ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === “avaricia”, 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