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noun, feminine

avaricia

/abaˈɾiθja/

noun, feminine/abaˈɾiθja/plural: avaricias

avarice, greed

Synonyms: avidez, codicia

Related: avariciar, avaricioso

Borrowed from Latin avāritia, from avārus (“greedy”). Cognate with French avarice, Italian avarizia, Portuguese avareza.