liso

Meaning

  1. smooth-textured
  2. flat (having no height variation)
  3. plain (of just one color)
  4. straight-haired
  5. (figuratively) sincere, truthful
  6. (colloquial) bald (having no hair)
  7. (colloquial) flat-chested
  8. (Brazil,colloquial) broke, penniless (with little or no money)

Frequency

C2
Hyphenated as
li‧so
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈli.zu/
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.

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