listo
Meaning
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- clever, smart (with ser)
- ready, set, all set, prepared, poised, up, down (with estar)
- alert
Concepts
ready
smart
clever
finished
prepared
intelligent
wise
through
sharp
sharp-witted
cute
done
thorough
combat ready
on the ready
nimble
prompt
quick-witted
shrewd
able
brainy
active
diligent
dynamic
hardworking
lively
at hand
crafty
cunning
sly
all set
resourceful
handy
glib
silky
slippery as an eel
suave
operable
judicious
prudent
leery
all right
well-trained
awake
on tap
through with
knowing
wise to
apt
bright
fly
pretty
set
up
wired for sound
alert
prepare
willing
progress
use
Frequency
Hyphenated as
lis‧to
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈlisto/
Etymology
Unknown. Cognate to Portuguese lesto (“agile”), Catalan llest (“clever; ready”), Italian lesto (“quick”), Maltese lest (“ready”). * If "clever" is the original sense, probably from Proto-Germanic *listiz; compare Old High German and Old English list, both "knowledge, experience, cunning, art, trick, slyness" (see English list). A semantic development "clever" → "quick" → "ready" is very plausible, but note that the association with "cleverness" apparently exists only in Spanish and Catalan (and might thus be secondary). Note also Irish cliste (“clever”). * Alternatively, perhaps from a Vulgar Latin *lextus or *lestus, reduced from *lexitus, as an alteration of Latin lēctus (“chosen; read”), participle of legō.
listar
- to register, enter in a list
- to stripe, streak
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