What does invidia in Italian mean?

What is the meaning of the word invidia in Italian? The article explains the full meaning, pronunciation along with bilingual examples and instructions on how to use invidia in Italian.

The word invidia in Italian means envy, envy, envy, long for, be envious, So jealous!, So envious!, to be green with envy, bust from envy, case of jealousy. To learn more, please see the details below.

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Meaning of the word invidia

envy

sostantivo femminile (sentimento negativo)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Non sono mai stato mosso da invidia nelle mie scelte.
Envy has never steered my decisions.

envy

sostantivo femminile (ironico (apprezzamento)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Che invidia le tue nuove scarpe!
Your new shoes are such an envy!

envy

verbo transitivo o transitivo pronominale (sentimento: invidia)

(transitive verb: Verb taking a direct object--for example, "Say something." "She found the cat.")
Iniziai a invidiarlo per la sua fortuna con le donne dopo che conquistò il mio amore impossibile sin dall'infanzia.
I started envying his luck with women after he won the heart of my impossible childhood love.

long for, be envious

verbo transitivo o transitivo pronominale (desiderare ardentemente)

(transitive verb: Verb taking a direct object--for example, "Say something." "She found the cat.")
Invidiava così tanto le mie scarpe.
She was very envious of my shoes.

So jealous!, So envious!

(expression: Prepositional phrase, adverbial phrase, or other phrase or expression--for example, "behind the times," "on your own.")

to be green with envy

(extremely envious)

bust from envy

case of jealousy

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

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