desexo

Galician

Alternative forms

• desejo (reintegrationist)

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese desejo, from Early Medieval Latin dēsideus (“desire”), from Latin dēsidia (“sloth, debauchery”). Compare Portuguese desejo, and Spanish deseo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [deˈseʃʊ]

Noun

desexo m (plural desexos)

1. desire, wish

   Se os desexos fosen valedeiros, os viláns serían cabaleiros (proverb)

   If wishes were to be make true, villains would be knights

Derived terms

• a desexo (“freely; as much as wanted”)

References

• “desejo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “desejo” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “desexo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “desexo” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.

Etymology 2

Verb

desexo

1. first-person singular present indicative of desexar