liso
Cebuano
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: li‧so
- IPA(key): /ˈliso/ [ˈl̪i.s̪o]
Noun
líso (Badlit spelling ᜎᜒᜐᜓ)
Galician
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈliso/ [ˈli.s̺ʊ]
- Rhymes: -iso
- Hyphenation: li‧so
Adjective
liso (feminine lisa, masculine plural lisos, feminine plural lisas)
Further reading
- “liso”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
Higaonon
Noun
liso
Hiligaynon
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: li‧so
- IPA(key): /ˈliso/ [ˈli.so]
Noun
líso
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
- IPA(key): /ˈli.zu/
- Rhymes: -izu
- Hyphenation: li‧so
Adjective
liso (feminine lisa, masculine plural lisos, feminine plural lisas, diminutive lisinho)
- smooth-textured
- flat (having no height variation)
- plain (of just one color)
- straight-haired
- cabelo liso ― straight hair
- (figuratively) sincere, truthful
- (colloquial) bald (having no hair)
- (colloquial) flat-chested
- (colloquial) broke, penniless (with little or no money)
Related terms
Further reading
- “liso”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
- “liso”, in Dicio – Dicionário Online de Português (in Portuguese), São Paulo: 7Graus, 2009–2025
- “liso”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
- “liso”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
- “liso”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
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/ [ˈli.so]
- Rhymes: -iso
- Syllabification: li‧so
Adjective
liso (feminine lisa, masculine plural lisos, feminine plural lisas)
Derived terms
Verb
liso
- first-person singular present indicative of lisar
Further reading
- “liso”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024
- “liso”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010
Swazi
Etymology
From Proto-Bantu *ìjícò.
Noun
lîsó class 5 (plural émêhlo class 6)
Inflection
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Tagalog
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /liˈso/ [lɪˈso]
- Rhymes: -o
- Syllabification: li‧so
Adjective
lisó (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜒᜐᜓ)
Noun
lisó (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜒᜐᜓ)
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Spanish liso (“plain”).
Alternative forms
- linso
Pronunciation
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈliso/ [ˈliː.so]
- Rhymes: -iso
- Syllabification: li‧so
Adjective
liso (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜒᜐᜓ)
Derived terms
- kalisuhan
Etymology 3
Pronunciation
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /liˈsoʔ/ [lɪˈsoʔ]
- Rhymes: -oʔ
- Syllabification: li‧so
Adjective
lisô (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜒᜐᜓ)
Derived terms
- maliso