ávido

See also: avido

Portuguese

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈa.vi.du/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈa.vi.do/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈa.vi.du/ [ˈa.vi.ðu]

Adjective

ávido (feminine ávida, masculine plural ávidos, feminine plural ávidas)

eager (excited by desire in the pursuit of any object)

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin avidus (“eager, desirous; greedy”), from aveō (“wish, desire, long for, crave”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈabido/ [ˈa.β̞i.ð̞o]
Rhymes: -abido
Syllabification: á‧vi‧do

Adjective

ávido (feminine ávida, masculine plural ávidos, feminine plural ávidas)

avid, keen, eager, greedy
anxious
Synonym: ansioso

Derived terms

Further reading

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

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