desejo

Galician

Noun

desejo m (plural desejos, reintegrationist norm)

1. reintegrationist spelling of desexo

Further reading

• “desejo” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).

Old Galician-Portuguese

Etymology

Inherited from Early Medieval Latin dēsideus (“desire”), from Latin dēsidia (“sloth, debauchery”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /deˈze.d͡ʒo/

Noun

desejo m (plural desejos)

1. desire

Descendants

• Galician: desexo
• Portuguese: desejo

Further reading

• Universo Cantigas - "desejo"

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• deseijo (misspelling)

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /deˈze.ʒu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /deˈze.ʒu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /deˈze.ʒo/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /dɨˈzɐ(j).ʒu/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /dɨˈzɐ(j).ʒu/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /dɨˈze.ʒu/
  • (Central Portugal) IPA^(key): /dɨˈze.ʒu/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /dɨˈze.ʒu/

• Audio (Northern Portugal):

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• Hyphenation: de‧se‧jo

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese desejo, from Early Medieval Latin dēsideus (“desire”), from Latin dēsidia (“sloth, debauchery”). Compare Galician desexo, Asturian deséu, Spanish deseo, and Aragonese deseyo.

Noun

desejo m (plural desejos)

1. desire
   • 1976, “Maçã do Rosto”, performed by Djavan:

     Vem morrer nesse beijo que eu vou te dar / Por você meu desejo aumentou e pode me matar

     Come die in this kiss that I'm going to give you / For you my desire has increased and can kill me

2. wish

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

desejo

1. first-person singular present indicative of desejar

Further reading

• “desejo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025