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Translate greediness from English to Spanish

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greediness:
- codicia; avaricia; avidez; voracidad; glotonería; tragonería
greedy:
- codicioso; avaricioso; voraz; tragón; deseoso; ansioso
Wiktionary:
- greediness → avidez
- greedy → avaro, tragón, ávido, avaricioso, codicioso
- greedy → avaricioso, codicioso, tacaño, pichicato, rácano, avaro, ávido, goloso

English

Detailed Translations for greediness from English to Spanish

greediness:

greediness [the ~] noun

the greediness (greed)
la codicia; la avaricia; la avidez
- codicia [la ~] noun
- avaricia [la ~] noun
- avidez [la ~] noun
the greediness (gluttony; greed; voracity)
la voracidad; la glotonería; la tragonería
- voracidad [la ~] noun
- glotonería [la ~] noun
- tragonería [la ~] noun

Translation Matrix for greediness:

Noun	Related Translations	Other Translations
avaricia	greed; greediness	avarice; greed for money; liquid manure; love of money; manure; meanness; miserliness; niggardliness; stinginess; tenacity
avidez	greed; greediness	avarice; liquid manure; manure; meanness; miserliness; niggardliness; stinginess; tenacity
codicia	greed; greediness	avarice; liquid manure; manure; meanness; miserliness; niggardliness; stinginess; tenacity
glotonería	gluttony; greed; greediness; voracity	gluttony; greed; voracity
tragonería	gluttony; greed; greediness; voracity
voracidad	gluttony; greed; greediness; voracity	gluttony; greed; voracity
-	hoggishness; piggishness; rapaciousness; voraciousness
Other	Related Translations	Other Translations
-	greed

Related Words for "greediness":

greedy

Synonyms for "greediness":

hoggishness; piggishness; gluttony
voraciousness; rapaciousness; selfishness

Related Definitions for "greediness":

an excessive desire for wealth (usually in large amounts)¹
- the greediness of lawyers¹
an excessive desire for food¹

Wiktionary Translations for greediness:

Cross Translation:

From	To	Via
• greediness	→ avidez	↔ avidité — caractère de celui, de celle, qui est avide. désir excessif de posséder, de consommer.

greedy:

greedy adj

greedy (grasping; moneygrubbing)
codicioso; avaricioso
- codicioso adj
- avaricioso adj
greedy (voracious; gluttonous)
voraz; tragón
- voraz adj
- tragón adj
greedy (covetous; desirous; eager; avid; keen; thirsty; eagre)
deseoso; ansioso; codicioso
- deseoso adj
- ansioso adj
- codicioso adj

Translation Matrix for greedy:

Noun	Related Translations	Other Translations
avaricioso		money-grubber
codicioso		miser; niggard; screw; skin-flint; skinflint
tragón		glutton; gobbler; greedy-guts; swallower
Adjective	Related Translations	Other Translations
-	avaricious; avid; covetous; devouring; esurient; grabby; grasping; prehensile
Other	Related Translations	Other Translations
-	avaricious; covetous; mercenary; stingy
Modifier	Related Translations	Other Translations
ansioso	avid; covetous; desirous; eager; eagre; greedy; keen; thirsty	avid; desirous; eager; eagre; hankering; keen; longing; yearning
avaricioso	grasping; greedy; moneygrubbing
codicioso	avid; covetous; desirous; eager; eagre; grasping; greedy; keen; moneygrubbing; thirsty	desirous; eager for; keen on; longing for
deseoso	avid; covetous; desirous; eager; eagre; greedy; keen; thirsty	desirous; hankering; longing; yearning
tragón	gluttonous; greedy; voracious
voraz	gluttonous; greedy; voracious	desirous

Related Words for "greedy":

greediness, greedier, greediest

Synonyms for "greedy":

avaricious; covetous; grabby; grasping; prehensile; acquisitive
avid; devouring; esurient; desirous; wishful
gluttonous

Related Definitions for "greedy":

wanting to eat or drink more than one can reasonably consume¹
- don't be greedy with the cookies¹
immoderately desirous of acquiring e.g. wealth¹
- greedy for money and power¹
- grew richer and greedier¹
(often followed by `for') ardently or excessively desirous¹
- greedy for fame¹

Wiktionary Translations for greedy:

greedy

adjective

having greed; consumed by selfish desires
- greedy → avaro; tragón; ávido; avaricioso; codicioso

Cross Translation:

From	To	Via
• greedy	→ avaricioso; codicioso	↔ hebzuchtig — blijk gevend van hebzucht, hebberig
• greedy	→ tacaño	↔ geizig — sehr sparsam, seine materiellen Werte zurückhaltend
• greedy	→ pichicato; rácano	↔ knauserig — (umgangssprachlich) äußerst sparsam, geizig
• greedy	→ codicioso	↔ rangig — habgierig
• greedy	→ avaro	↔ avare — Qui a un désir excessif d’accumuler.
• greedy	→ ávido; codicioso	↔ avide — Qui a de l’avidité
• greedy	→ goloso	↔ goulu — Qui aime à manger, qui mange avec avidité.

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