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
- ávidamente
- avidez
Further reading
- “ávido”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014