desexo

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician and Old Portuguese desejo, from Vulgar Latin *desidium, from Latin desidia. Compare Portuguese desejo, 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.
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