lúcido

See also: lucido and lucidò

Portuguese

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *lewk-

Proto-Indo-European *-yeti

Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti

Proto-Indo-European *lowkéyeti

Proto-Italic *loukeō

Proto-Indo-European *lewk-

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti

Proto-Indo-European *-yeti

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁yeti

Proto-Indo-European *lukéh₁yeti

Proto-Italic *l(o)ukēō?

Latin lūceō

Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der.

Proto-Italic *-iðos

Latin -idus

Latin lūciduslbor.

Portuguese lúcido

Learned borrowing from Latin lūcidus. Doublet the archaic inherited doublet lúzio.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈlu.si.du/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈlu.si.du/ [ˈlu.si.ðu]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈlu.si.du/ [ˈlu.si.ðu]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈlu.si.du/

• Hyphenation: lú‧ci‧do

Adjective

lúcido (feminine lúcida, masculine plural lúcidos, feminine plural lúcidas)

1. lucid; clear (easily understood)
2. lucid; sane (mentally rational)
3. lucid (bright, luminous, translucent or transparent)

Derived terms

• lucidamente
• lucidez

Further reading

• “lúcido”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “lúcido”, in Dicionário Eletrônico Houaiss [Houaiss Electronic Dictionary] (in Portuguese), São Paulo: UOL, 2004–2026
• “lúcido”, in Dicionário Infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
• “lúcido”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN
• “lúcido”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Anagrams

• lúdico

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *lewk-

Proto-Indo-European *-yeti

Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti

Proto-Indo-European *lowkéyeti

Proto-Italic *loukeō

Proto-Indo-European *lewk-

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti

Proto-Indo-European *-yeti

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁yeti

Proto-Indo-European *lukéh₁yeti

Proto-Italic *l(o)ukēō?

Latin lūceō

Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der.

Proto-Italic *-iðos

Latin -idus

Latin lūciduslbor.

Spanish lúcido

Learned borrowing from Latin lūcidus. Doublet of the inherited lucio.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈluθido/ [ˈlu.θi.ð̞o] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• IPA^(key): /ˈlusido/ [ˈlu.si.ð̞o] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -uθido (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• Rhymes: -usido (Latin America, Philippines)
• Syllabification: lú‧ci‧do

Adjective

lúcido (feminine lúcida, masculine plural lúcidos, feminine plural lúcidas)

1. lucid

Derived terms

• lúcidamente
• lucidez

Further reading

• “lúcido”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025

Anagrams

• lúdico