cobizoso

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese cobiiçoso (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria): cobiza (“cupidity”) +‎ -oso. Compare Portuguese cobizoso and Spanish codicioso.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /koβiˈθoso̝/, (western) /koβiˈsoso̝/

Adjective

cobizoso (feminine cobizosa, masculine plural cobizosos, feminine plural cobizosas)

1. covetous; greedy

   pide o cobizoso para el e para o goloso (proverb)

   The covetous ask for his own sake and glutton's

   • 1812, Ramón González Senra, Carta recomendada:

     nosoutros xa lle temos un jues moi guapo. Para buscalo non fixemos mais que botar ó ollo ó veciño da jurisdizon que nos pareceu mais honrado, mais home de ben, mais cristiano, é que millor coidaba da sua familia é da sua casa, sin ser empexoso, nin empeitizo, nin sobervio, nin cobizoso, nin zizañeiro

     we already have a very good judge. For finding him we did nothing but search for the neighbor that seemed to us as the most honest, the most upstanding, the most Christian, and that tooks the most care of his family and house; who is neither envious, nor fastidious, nor arrogant, nor greedy, nor scheming.

Related terms

• cobiza
• cobizar

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “cobiiçoso”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “cobiiços”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “cobiços”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “cobizoso”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “cobizoso”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “cobizoso”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN