Codicia in english
Greed
pronunciation: grid part of speech: noun
pronunciation: grid part of speech: noun
In gestures
codicia = greed ; rapacity ; greediness ; avariciousness ; avarice ; cupidity ; covetousness.
Example: Appeals to pride, status, greed, and many other aspects of man's nature are sometimes successful.Example: Britain's elites not only retain their power, they also exercise it with a shameless rapacity.Example: That element of greediness, which has been a canker in our political hierarchy, should be avoided.Example: The economy in general was suffering from the company owner's avariciousness.Example: The seven deadly sins are 'pride, avarice, envy, wrath, lust, gluttony, and sloth/acedia'.Example: Cupidity is one of the central themes in the Buddhist philosophy.Example: Covetousness is without a doubt the biggest sin in the United States and Europe today.more:
» con codicia = rapaciously ; greedily ; covetously .
Example: Rapaciously hunted by humans over centuries, whales have not recovered in the decades after whaling was outlawed. Example: The prisoners pounced on the food like hungry beasts and, champing noisily, gulped down the soup greedily, hardly chewing the meat, and burning their mouths. Example: He had overlooked the evil intention of a man who covetously wanted to dispossess him of his earthly treasures.» la codicia rompe el saco = grasp all, lose all .
Example: But in fact it is a classic case of 'grasp all, lose all' -- if Wales had been less greedy, they would have gone for the draw.codiciar = covet ; lust (for/after/over).
Example: He coveted his brother's power and so started to spin a conspiracy in order to assassinate him and take his place both on the throne and on the wedding thalamus.Example: These two women were Samaria and Jerusalem, lusting after foreigners and foreign ways, and abandoning their god for shallow and ephemeral pleasures.