codicia
Spanish, noun
codicia is spelled C-O-D-I-C-I-A (7 letters) and appears 3.5 times per million words in written Spanish, the 15,293rd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Codicia is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “greed, avarice” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a third-person singular present indicative of codiciar. With an accent, codiciá is a different word: “second-person singular voseo imperative of codiciar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Ansia, afán o deseo excesivo de poseer, especialmente dinero o riquezas”.
What does codicia mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininegreed, avarice
- 2
archaicfemininelust
verb
- 1
third-person singular present indicative
- 2
second-person singular imperative
verb
- 1
second-person singular voseo imperative of codiciar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Ansia, afán o deseo excesivo de poseer, especialmente dinero o riquezas. 2. Deseo intenso de algo que se considera bueno o justo. 3. Vehemencia del toro para embestir o perseguir. 4. Deseo o apetito sexual.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of codicia
- codicias plural
- cudicia alternative archaic
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to codicia
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is codicia in Spanish?
codicia appears 3.5 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).