improviso

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See also: improvisó

English

Etymology

From Latin improvisus (“unforeseen”); compare Italian improvviso.

Adjective

improviso (not comparable)

  1. (obsolete) Not prepared beforehand; unpremeditated; extemporaneous.
    • a. 1784, Samuel Johnson, "Improviso Translation of the following lines of M. Benserade A Son Lit"

References

Catalan

Verb

improviso

  1. first-person singular present indicative of improvisar

Galician

Verb

improviso

  1. first-person singular present indicative of improvisar

Latin

Alternative forms

Adjective

imprōvīsō

  1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of imprōvīsus

Derived terms

References

  • “improviso”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 
 

  • Hyphenation: im‧pro‧vi‧so

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin imprōvīsus (“unforeseen”).

Noun

improviso m (plural improvisos)

  1. improvisation (act or art of composing and rendering music, poetry, and the like, without prior preparation)
  2. makeshift (a temporary, usually insubstantial, substitution for something else)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

improviso

  1. first-person singular present indicative of improvisar

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /impɾoˈbiso/
  • Rhymes: -iso
  • Syllabification: im‧pro‧vi‧so

Etymology 1

From Latin imprōvīsus.

Adjective

improviso (feminine improvisa, masculine plural improvisos, feminine plural improvisas)

  1. unannounced; out of the blue
Derived terms

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

improviso

  1. first-person singular present indicative of improvisar

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