Spanish-English translations for codicia

avarice
us
covetousnessWe could have left it at that and therefore preserved our way of life, because that is what this is all about, the covetousness of multinational markets. Podríamos habernos quedado ahí y, por tanto, preservar nuestros modos de vida, porque de eso se trata, de la codicia de los mercados multinacionales. On the other hand - if we are to be perfectly honest - it is a really successful binding framework to guard against covetousness and opportunism in day-to-day politics. Por otro lado -seamos sinceros- constituye un marco vinculante realmente exitoso contra la codicia de la vida política cotidiana y contra el oportunismo de la vida política cotidiana.

cupidity
uk
greed
uk
The crisis in my country was caused by greed - pure greed - among the political and big business elite. La crisis de Irlanda ha sido provocada por la codicia, pura codicia, entre las grandes élites empresariales y políticas. There is a limit to hunger, but not to greed. Hay un límite para el hambre, pero no para la codicia. We need to distinguish between greed and need. Hay que distinguir entre la codicia y la necesidad.