sleek

Significado (Inglés)

Adj

1. Having an even, smooth surface; smooth
2. Glossy.
3. Not rough or harsh.
4. Slim and streamlined; not plump, thick, or stocky.
5. Healthy, well-fed and well-groomed; in good condition.
6. (alt-of, dated) Dated form of slick (“convincing but untrustworthy”).

Adv

With ease and dexterity.

Verb

1. (transitive) To make smooth or glossy; to polish.
2. (dated, transitive) To calm or soothe.
3. (dated, intransitive) To glide.

Noun

That which makes smooth; varnish.

Conceptos

liso

barniz

brillante

pulcro

pulir

🇵🇱

raso

sedoso

asear

lustroso

zalamero

barnices

mogate

alisar

liso y brillante

Sinónimos

smooth

glossy

slick

shiny

polished

silky

streamlined

aerodynamic

shining

flowing

lustrous

silken

graceful

become smooth

silklike

slither

trim

satiny

slender

polish

🇵🇱

well-groomed

slim

dapper

cut

bedew

glistening

gloss

glaze

good-looking

convincing

glassy

glabrous

conclusive

be

amazing

forcible

fondle

companionable

normalize

neat

moisten

moist

oily

orderly

persuasive

pet

plump

fine

cogent

bald

Traducciones

lisse

glissant

glatt

liscio

geschmeidig

soyeux

sluik

soffice

alisar

lisser

أملس

lucido

pinguis

devenir lisse

liso

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/sliːk/

Etimología (Inglés)

Cognado con alemán: schleichen

Cognado con alto alemán antiguo: slihhan

Cognado con neerlandés: slijk

In summary

A late variant of slick; cognate to German schleichen (Old High German slihhan) and Dutch slijk (“mud, slime”). Compare slink.