avareza
Portuguese, noun/a.vaˈɾe.zɐ/
avareza is spelled A-V-A-R-E-Z-A (7 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese, the 44,753rd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Avareza is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “greed, avarice (excessive or inordinate desire of gain)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “usura”.
What does avareza mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininegreed, avarice (excessive or inordinate desire of gain)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. usura 2. mesquinhez 3. apego excessivo às próprias posses
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of avareza
- avarezas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce avareza?
- Brazil /a.vaˈɾe.zɐ/
- Portugal /ɐ.vɐˈɾe.zɐ/
- Portugal /ɐ.bɐˈɾe.zɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to avareza
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is avareza in Portuguese?
avareza appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).