egoísta

/eɡoˈista/ · B1 · adj

selfish

🪞 ego + -ísta: someone whose cause is their own ego

From Latin ego, meaning I. The suffix -ista marks a follower, as in artista or dentista. An egoísta is a follower of the cause of I. Its English twin is egoist, and the form is the same for men and women: él es egoísta, ella es egoísta.

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