lazo

See also: Lazo, lazó, and lážo

English

Noun

lazo (plural lazos or lazoes)

1. Archaic form of lasso.

Verb

lazo (third-person singular simple present lazos, present participle lazoing, simple past and past participle lazoed)

1. Archaic form of lasso.

Anagrams

• Loza, Olza, Zola

Esperanto

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish lazo, from Latin laqueus (“noose, trap”). Compare Italian lazo, English lasso, Italian lazo, Russian лассо (lasso), German Lasso.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlazo/
• Rhymes: -azo
• Syllabification: la‧zo

Noun

lazo (accusative singular lazon, plural lazoj, accusative plural lazojn)

1. lasso

   Synonym: kaptoŝnuro

Further reading

• “lazo”, in Plena Ilustrita Vortaro de Esperanto [Complete Illustrated Dictionary of Esperanto], 2020, →ISBN
• “lazo”, in Reta Vortaro [Online Dictionary] (in Esperanto), 1997-2026

Galician

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlaθo/

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Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese laço (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Vulgar Latin *laceum, from Latin laqueus (“noose, trap”).

Noun

lazo m (plural lazos)

1. cord, bond
2. knot, loop
3. noose
4. lasso

Related terms

• enlazar
• lazada

Etymology 2

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *glacium/a, from Latin glaciēs (“ice”).

lazo

Noun

lazo m (plural lazos)

1. (meteorology) glaze; covering of ice over a water surface, in cold season

   Synonyms: cadorno, carazo, tello

Derived terms

• lazar

Etymology 3

Verb

lazo

1. first-person singular present indicative of lazar

References

• Coromines, Joan; Pascual, José Antonio (1984), “glacial”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critical Castilian and Hispanic etymological dictionary]‎^[1] (in Spanish), volume III (G–Ma), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 153
• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “laço”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “lazo”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Santamarina, editor (2006–2013), “lazo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Santamarina, Ernesto X. González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “lazo”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “lazo”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish lazo, from Vulgar Latin *laceum, from Latin laqueus. Doublet of lasso and laccio.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlat.t͡so/, /ˈlad.d͡zo/
• Rhymes: -attso, -addzo
• Hyphenation: là‧zo

Noun

lazo m (plural lazi)

1. lariat, lasso

   Synonym: lasso

Anagrams

• Zola, alzo, alzò, zola

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlaθo/ [ˈla.θo] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• IPA^(key): /ˈlaso/ [ˈla.so] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -aθo (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• Rhymes: -aso (Latin America, Philippines)
• Syllabification: la‧zo

Etymology 1

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *laceum, from Latin laqueus (“noose, trap”). Cognate with English lace.

Noun

lazo m (plural lazos)

1. bow (type of knot)
2. ribbon
3. lasso
4. link
5. bond
6. snare, trap
7. (Bolivia) bow tie, bowtie

   Synonyms: corbata de lazo; see also Thesaurus:corbatín

Derived terms

• flor del lazo atigrada
• lazo de amor

Related terms

• enlace
• enlazar
• lacear
• lazar

Descendants

• → English: lasso (see there for further descendants)
• → Italian: lazo
• → Tagalog: laso
• → Tetelcingo Nahuatl: löso

Etymology 2

Verb

lazo

1. first-person singular present indicative of lazar

Further reading

• “lazo”, 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