cobizar

Galician

Alternative forms

• cobiciar
• cobiçar (reintegrationist)

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese cobiiçar (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from cobiiça, Modern Galician cobiza. Compare Portuguese cobiçar and Spanish codiciar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /koβiˈθaɾ/, (western) /koβiˈsaɾ/

Verb

cobizar (first-person singular present cobizo, first-person singular preterite cobicei, past participle cobizado)

1. to covet
2. to desire, wish

   Synonyms: desexar, querer

Conjugation

    Conjugation of cobizar (c-z alternation)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti)	Third-person (el / ela / Vde.)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / Vdes.)
Infinitive
Impersonal	cobizar
Personal	cobizar	cobizares	cobizar	cobizarmos	cobizardes	cobizaren
Gerund
	cobizando
Past participle
Masculine	cobizado			cobizados
Feminine	cobizada			cobizadas
Indicative
Present	cobizo	cobizas	cobiza	cobizamos	cobizades	cobizan
Imperfect	cobizaba	cobizabas	cobizaba	cobizabamos	cobizabades	cobizaban
Preterite	cobicei	cobizaches	cobizou	cobizamos	cobizastes	cobizaron
Pluperfect	cobizara	cobizaras	cobizara	cobizaramos	cobizarades	cobizaran
Future	cobizarei	cobizarás	cobizará	cobizaremos	cobizaredes	cobizarán
Conditional	cobizaría	cobizarías	cobizaría	cobizariamos	cobizariades	cobizarían
Subjunctive
Present	cobice	cobices	cobice	cobicemos	cobicedes	cobicen
Imperfect	cobizase	cobizases	cobizase	cobizásemos	cobizásedes	cobizasen
Future	cobizar	cobizares	cobizar	cobizarmos	cobizardes	cobizaren
Imperative
Affirmative		cobiza	cobice	cobicemos	cobizade	cobicen
Negative (non)		non cobices	non cobice	non cobicemos	non cobicedes	non cobicen

Related terms

• cobiza

References

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