codiciar
Spanish, verb/kodiˈθjaɾ/
codiciar is spelled C-O-D-I-C-I-A-R (8 letters) and appears about once in every 14 million words in written Spanish, the 139,655th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Codiciar is a Spanish verb meaning “to covet” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Ansiar, apetecer vehementemente una cosa”.
What does codiciar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to covet
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Ansiar, apetecer vehementemente una cosa. 2. Alabar algo con el fin de obtenerlo.
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 codiciar
- codicio first-person present singular
- codicié first-person preterite singular
- codiciado participle past
- codiciando gerund
- codiciada feminine participle past
- codiciados masculine participle past
- codiciadas feminine participle past
- codicias indicative informal present
- codiciás indicative informal present
- codicia indicative present singular
- codiciamos first-person indicative plural
- codiciáis indicative plural present
- codician indicative plural present
- codiciaba first-person imperfect indicative
- codiciabas imperfect indicative second-person
- codiciábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- codiciabais imperfect indicative plural
- codiciaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce codiciar?
- /kodiˈθjaɾ/
- [ko.ð̞iˈθjaɾ]
- /kodiˈsjaɾ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to codiciar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is codiciar in Spanish?
codiciar appears about once in every 14 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).