desejoso

== Portuguese == === Etymology === From Old Galician-Portuguese desejoso, from desejo (“desire”) + -oso (“-ous”). === Pronunciation === === Adjective === desejoso (feminine desejosa, masculine plural desejosos, feminine plural desejosas, metaphonic) wishful (expressing a wish or longing for something) Antonym: indesejoso eager (excited by desire in the pursuit of something) Synonyms: ávido, sedento, sôfrego ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === “desejoso”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “desejoso”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026