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liso.

smooth-textured

4 characters2 syllables approx.Português language

Meaning & usage

adj/ˈli.zu/Brazil/ˈli.zu/Portugal

  1. smooth-textured

  2. flat (having no height variation)

  3. plain (of just one color)

  4. straight-haired

    cabelo liso

  5. sincere, truthful

    figuratively

  6. bald (having no hair)

    colloquial

  7. flat-chested

    colloquial

  8. broke, penniless (with little or no money)

    colloquial
Where this word comes from

Uncertain, but probably ultimately derived from Ancient Greek λισσός (lissós, “smooth”). Compare 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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