desear
/deseˈaɾ/ · A1 · verb
to desire, to want, to hope for, to long for
🌠 desear = desire: same Latin root, desiderare, to long for
Desear and English desire both come from Latin desiderare, to long for. Swap the -ire ending for Spanish -ear and you have the verb. The noun is deseo, a wish, as in pedir un deseo: to make a wish.