lisonja
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Portuguese[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- Hyphenation: li‧son‧ja
Etymology 1[edit]
Borrowed from Spanish lisonja, of Occitan or Old French origin.
Noun[edit]
lisonja f (plural lisonjas)
Derived terms[edit]
Etymology 2[edit]
Verb[edit]
lisonja
- inflection of lisonjar:
Spanish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Inherited from Old Spanish losenja, from Occitan/Old Occitan lauzenja, from Late Latin laudemia (“praise”), from Latin laus. However, compare Old French losenge (“flattery”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
lisonja f (plural lisonjas)
- flattering comment
- Synonym: piropo
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
- → Portuguese: lisonja
References[edit]
- Roberts, Edward A. (2014) A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Spanish Language with Families of Words based on Indo-European Roots, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN
Further reading[edit]
- “lisonja”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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- Spanish terms inherited from Old Spanish
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- Rhymes:Spanish/onxa
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