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Verb
lubrico
- first-person singular present indicative of lubricar
Italian
Etymology
From Latin lūbricus, possibly a borrowing.
Pronunciation
Adjective
lubrico (feminine lubrica, masculine plural lubrici, feminine plural lubriche)
- (literary) slippery
- Synonyms: scivoloso, sdrucciolevole
- (literary) slimy, slick (of animals)
- (archaic) that evacuates easily
- (archaic, rare) laxative
- (figurative) lewd, lubricious, lubricous
Derived terms
References
Further reading
- lubrico in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Anagrams
Latin
Pronunciation
Verb
lūbricō (present infinitive lūbricāre, perfect active lūbricāvī, supine lūbricātum); first conjugation
- to make slippery
- to lubricate, oil, grease
- slip
Conjugation
Descendants
References
- “lubrico”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “lubrico”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- lubrico in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /luˈbɾiko/
- Rhymes: -iko
- Syllabification: lu‧bri‧co
Verb
lubrico
- first-person singular present indicative of lubricar