lisonja
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish lisonja, of (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Occitan or (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old French origin.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: li‧son‧ja
Noun
lisonja f (plural lisonjas)
Derived terms
Verb
lisonja
Spanish
Etymology
Old Spanish losenja, from Occitan/Old Occitan lauzenja, from Late Latin laudemia (“praise”), from Latin laus. However, compare Old French losenge (“flattery”).
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -oŋxa
Noun
lisonja f (plural lisonjas)
- flattering comment
Descendants
- Portuguese: lisonja
References
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- Portuguese countable nouns
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- Spanish terms derived from Old Spanish
- Spanish terms derived from Occitan
- Spanish terms derived from Old Occitan
- Spanish terms derived from Late Latin
- Spanish terms derived from Latin
- Rhymes:Spanish/oŋxa
- Spanish lemmas
- Spanish nouns
- Spanish countable nouns
- Spanish feminine nouns
- Spanish 3-syllable words