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"Avarice" is a noun which is often translated as "la avaricia", and "greed" is a noun which is often translated as "la codicia". Learn more about the difference between "avarice" and "greed" below.
avarice(
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)A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling, or idea (e.g., man, dog, house).
1. (literary) (general)
A word or phrase restricted in usage to literature or established writing (e.g., sex, once upon a time).
a. la avaricia (F)
(f) means that a noun is feminine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
Of the great leader's many vices, avarice proved to be the source of his doom.De los muchos vicios del gran líder, la avaricia resultó ser la fuente de su perdición.
greed(
grid
)A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling, or idea (e.g., man, dog, house).
a. la codicia (F)
(f) means that a noun is feminine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
Their greed drove them to cut down an entire forest.Su codicia los impulsó a talar un bosque entero.
b. la avaricia (F)
(f) means that a noun is feminine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
Her greed drove her to commit fraud.Su avaricia la impulsó a cometer un fraude.
d. la ambición (F)
(f) means that a noun is feminine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
The reporter's greed for power led him to ignore stories about certain people.La ambición del reportero lo llevó a ignorar historias sobre ciertas personas.
a. la glotonería (F)
(f) means that a noun is feminine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
It was greed that pushed him into the kitchen to eat all of the cake.Fue la glotonería la que lo empujó a comerse todo el pastel de la cocina.
b. la gula (F)
(f) means that a noun is feminine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
The greed with which she grabbed her plate of spaghetti was astonishing.La gula con la que agarró su plato de espagueti fue asombrosa.
