ânsia

See also: ansia, ansía, ansiá, and ànsia

Macanese

Etymology

From Portuguese ânsia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɐŋ.sjɐ/, /ˈaŋ.sjɐ/

Noun

ânsia

1. anxiety
2. greed, greediness

   ânsia feo olâ ― it's bad to be greedy

Adverb

ânsia

1. anxiously

   ânsia buscâ ― to search anxiously

References

• https://www.macaneselibrary.org/pub/english/uipatua.htm

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin anxia.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɐ̃.si.ɐ/ [ˈɐ̃.sɪ.ɐ], (faster pronunciation) /ˈɐ̃.sjɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɐ̃.si.ɐ/ [ˈɐ̃.sɪ.ɐ], (faster pronunciation) /ˈɐ̃.sjɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɐ̃.si.a/ [ˈɐ̃.sɪ.a], (faster pronunciation) /ˈɐ̃.sja/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈɐ̃.sjɐ/

• Rhymes: -ɐ̃sjɐ, -ɐ̃siɐ
• Hyphenation: ân‧si‧a

Noun

ânsia f (plural ânsias)

1. anxiety; affliction; anguish
2. yearning, longing
3. Clipping of ânsia de vómito.