ávido

See also: avido

Galician

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin avidus (“eager, desirous; greedy”), from aveō (“wish, desire, long for, crave”).

Adjective

ávido (feminine ávida, masculine plural ávidos, feminine plural ávidas)

1. avid, eager

Derived terms

• avidamente
• avidez

 

Further reading

• “ávido”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2024

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• avido (pre-reform)

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin avidus.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈa.vi.du/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈa.vi.du/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈa.vi.do/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈa.vi.du/ [ˈa.vi.ðu]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈa.vi.du/ [ˈa.vi.ðu]
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈa.bi.du/ [ˈa.βi.ðu]

• Rhymes: -avidu
• Hyphenation: á‧vi‧do

Adjective

ávido (feminine ávida, masculine plural ávidos, feminine plural ávidas)

1. eager (excited by desire in the pursuit of any object)
   • 1905, Maria Amalia Vaz de Carvalho, “A tia Izabel [Aunt Izabel]”, in Contos e phantasias [Short stories and fantasies]‎^[1], 2nd edition, Lisbon: Parceria Antonio Maria Pereira, page 174:

     A solteirona é pretenciosa, presumida, avida de attrahir a attenção.

     The single woman is pretentious, presumptuous, eager to attract attention.

Derived terms

• avidamente
• avidez

 

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin avidus (“eager, desirous; greedy”), from aveō (“wish, desire, long for, crave”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈabido/ [ˈa.β̞i.ð̞o]

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• Rhymes: -abido
• Syllabification: á‧vi‧do

Adjective

ávido (feminine ávida, masculine plural ávidos, feminine plural ávidas)

1. avid, keen, eager
2. greedy

   Synonym: avido

3. anxious

   Synonym: ansioso

Derived terms

• ávidamente
• avidez

 

Further reading

• “ávido”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10