improviso
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See also: improvisó
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Latin improvisus (“unforeseen”); compare Italian improvviso.
Adjective[edit]
improviso (not comparable)
- (obsolete) Not prepared beforehand; unpremeditated; extemporaneous.
- a. 1784, Samuel Johnson, "Improviso Translation of the following lines of M. Benserade A Son Lit"
References[edit]
- “improviso”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Catalan[edit]
Verb[edit]
improviso
- first-person singular present indicative form of improvisar
Galician[edit]
Verb[edit]
improviso
Latin[edit]
Adjective[edit]
imprōvīsō
References[edit]
- “improviso”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
Portuguese[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Borrowed from Latin imprōvīsus (“unforeseen”).
Noun[edit]
improviso m (plural improvisos)
- improvisation (act or art of composing and rendering music, poetry, and the like, without prior preparation)
- makeshift (a temporary, usually insubstantial, substitution for something else)
Etymology 2[edit]
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb[edit]
improviso
Spanish[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Latin imprōvīsus.
Adjective[edit]
improviso (feminine improvisa, masculine plural improvisos, feminine plural improvisas)
Derived terms[edit]
Etymology 2[edit]
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb[edit]
improviso
Further reading[edit]
- “improviso”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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