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Cebuano
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: li‧so
- IPA(key): /ˈliso/
Noun
líso (Badlit spelling ᜎᜒᜐᜓ)
- seed
- Synonym: binhi
Galician
Pronunciation
Adjective
liso (feminine lisa, masculine plural lisos, feminine plural lisas)
- smooth
Further reading
Higaonon
Noun
liso
- seed
Hiligaynon
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: li‧so
- IPA(key): /ˈliso/
Noun
líso
- seed
- Synonym: busol
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈli.zo/
- Rhymes: -izo
- Hyphenation: lì‧so
Etymology 1
Possibly from Latin ēlīsus, past participle of ēlīdere.
Adjective
liso (feminine lisa, masculine plural lisi, feminine plural lise)
- worn (out), threadbare, ragged, tattered
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
liso
- first-person singular present indicative of lisare
Anagrams
Old High German
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *līsō, *līsijō (“softly”), adverbial form of Proto-West Germanic *līs(ī) (“soft, gentle”); equivalent to *līsi (“low, soft”) + -o (adverbial suffix). Cognate with Old Saxon *līso (whence Middle Low German lîse (“low, gently, softly”)).
Adverb
līso
- softly (speaking with a low voice)
Descendants
Portuguese
Etymology
Uncertain. Compare Ancient Greek λισσός (lissós); Asturian llisu, lisu; Catalan llis; Corsican liscio; Extremaduran liso; French lisse; Friulian lis; Galician liso; Italian liscio; Leonese llisu; Maltese lixx; Occitan lis; Spanish liso; Sicilian lisciu.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -izu
- Hyphenation: li‧so
Adjective
liso (feminine lisa, masculine plural lisos, feminine plural lisas, diminutive lisinho)
- smooth-textured
- Synonyms: macio, suave, polido
- Antonym: áspero
- flat (having no height variation)
- Synonyms: alisado, plano, nivelado
- plain (of just one color)
- straight-haired
- cabelo liso ― straight hair
- (figuratively) sincere, truthful
- (colloquial) bald (having no hair)
- (colloquial) flat-chested
- (Brazil, colloquial) broke, penniless (with little or no money)
- Synonyms: duro, limpo, teso
Further reading
- “liso”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2024
- “liso”, in Dicio – Dicionário Online de Português (in Portuguese), Porto: 7Graus, 2009–2024
- “liso”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
- “liso”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2024
- “liso”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024
Spanish
Etymology
From the Romance/Vulgar Latin *līssius, from Ancient Greek λισσός (lissós, “smooth”). Compare Portuguese liso, French lisse, Catalan llis, Italian liscio.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈliso/
- Rhymes: -iso
- Syllabification: li‧so
Adjective
liso (feminine lisa, masculine plural lisos, feminine plural lisas)
- smooth
- Synonym: suave
- Antonym: áspero
- plain
- Synonym: sencillo
- flat
- Synonym: llano
- flat-chested (woman)
- straight
- Synonym: recto
Derived terms
Verb
liso
- first-person singular present indicative of lisar
Further reading
Swazi
Etymology
From Proto-Bantu *ìjícò.
Noun
lîsó class 5 (plural émêhlo class 6)
- eye
Inflection
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Tagalog
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
Adjective
lisó (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜒᜐᜓ)
- confused; bewildered
- Synonyms: lito, taranta
Noun
lisó (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜒᜐᜓ)
- bewilderedness; confusedness
- Synonyms: pagkalito, lito, taranta, pagkataranta, katarantahan
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Spanish liso (“plain”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
liso (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜒᜐᜓ)
- simple; plain; unadorned
- Synonyms: payak, simple, yano
Derived terms
Etymology 3
Pronunciation
Adjective
lisô (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜒᜐᜓ)
- restless; mobile
- Synonyms: magalaw, di-mapakali, di-mapalagay
Derived terms
Anagrams