listo

See also: listó and listò

Bikol Central

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish listo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlisto/ [ˈl̪is.to]
• Hyphenation: lis‧to

Adjective

lísto (intensified listohon, Basahan spelling ᜎᜒᜐ᜔ᜆᜓ)

1. adept, apt, clever
2. adroit, dexterous
3. quick, fast

   Synonyms: rikas, kaskas

Derived terms

• kalistohan
• listohan
• maglisto
• pagkalisto

Related terms

• lista

Esperanto

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Germanic *līstǭder.

Esperanto listo

Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *līstǭ. Compare Latin lista, German Liste, French liste, Italian lista, Polish lista

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlisto/

• Audio 1:

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• Audio 2:

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• Rhymes: -isto
• Syllabification: lis‧to

Noun

listo (accusative singular liston, plural listoj, accusative plural listojn)

1. list (written enumeration or compilation of a set of items)

Derived terms

• listigi (“to list, make a list”)
• aĉetlisto (“shopping list”)

Ido

Etymology

From Esperanto listo, from English list, French liste, German Liste, Italian lista, Portuguese lista, Spanish lista.

Noun

listo (plural listi)

1. list

Derived terms

• enlistigar
• listigar (“to list, tabulate”)

Italian

Verb

listo

1. first-person singular present indicative of listare

Anagrams

• solti, stilo, stilo-, stilò, tolsi

Ladino

Etymology

Unknown. Cognate to Portuguese lesto (“agile”), Catalan llest (“clever; ready”), Italian lesto (“quick”), Maltese lest (“ready”).

• If "clever" be the original sense, probably from Proto-Germanic *listiz; compare Old High German and Old English list, both "knowledge, experience, cunning, art, trick, slyness" (see English list). A semantic development "clever" → "quick" → "ready" is very plausible, but note that the association with "cleverness" apparently exists only in Catalan, Ladino and Spanish (and might thus be secondary). Note also Irish cliste (“clever”).
• Alternatively, perhaps from a Vulgar Latin *lextus or *lestus, reduced from *lexitus, as an alteration of Latin lēctus (“chosen; read”), participle of legō.

Adjective

listo (Hebrew spelling ליסטו)

1. clever; shrewd; smart (with ser)

   Synonyms: astuto, intelijente, perspikás

2. ready; set; all set; prepared; poised; up; down (with estar)

   Synonyms: aparejado, dispuesto, preparado

Derived terms

• listeza

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlis.tɔ/
• Rhymes: -istɔ
• Syllabification: lis‧to

Noun

listo

1. vocative singular of lista

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈlis.tu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈlis.tu/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈliʃ.tu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈlis.to/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈliʃ.tu/

• Audio (Portugal (Porto)):

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• Rhymes: (Brazil) -istu, (Portugal, Rio de Janeiro) -iʃtu
• Hyphenation: lis‧to

Verb

listo

1. first-person singular present indicative of listar

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlisto/ [ˈlis.t̪o]
• Rhymes: -isto
• Syllabification: lis‧to

Etymology 1

Unknown. Cognate to Portuguese lesto (“agile”), Catalan llest (“clever; ready”), Italian lesto (“quick”), Maltese lest (“ready”).

• If "clever" is the original sense, probably from Proto-Germanic *listiz; compare Old High German and Old English list, both "knowledge, experience, cunning, art, trick, slyness" (see English list). A semantic development "clever" → "quick" → "ready" is very plausible, but note that the association with "cleverness" apparently exists only in Spanish and Catalan (and might thus be secondary). Note also Irish cliste (“clever”).
• Alternatively, perhaps from a Vulgar Latin *lextus or *lestus, reduced from *lexitus, as an alteration of Latin lēctus (“chosen; read”), participle of legō.

Compare English -logist (in sense of "expertise").

Adjective

listo (feminine lista, masculine plural listos, feminine plural listas, superlative listísimo)

1. clever, smart (with ser)

   Synonyms: avispado, astuto, pillo, inteligente, perspicaz

   Cree que es el estudiante más listo de su clase.

   He has the illusion that he is the smartest in his class.

2. ready, set, all set, prepared, poised, up, down (with estar)

   Synonyms: preparado, dispuesto, aparejado

   ¿Estás listo?

   Are you ready?

   Ella siempre estaba lista para un desafío.

   She was always up for a challenge.

   Estoy listo para lo que quieras hacer.

   I'm down for whatever you want to do.

3. alert

   Synonym: alerta

Derived terms

• listo de manos
• listo de papeles
• más listo que el hambre
• pasarse de listo

Interjection

listo

1. get set! (before starting a race)
2. that's it! (it's finished!)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

listo

1. first-person singular present indicative of listar

Further reading

• “listo”, 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

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish listo.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈlisto/ [ˈlis.t̪o], /lisˈto/ [lɪsˈt̪o]
• Rhymes: -isto, -o
• Syllabification: lis‧to

Adjective

listo or listó (feminine lista, Baybayin spelling ᜎᜒᜐ᜔ᜆᜓ)

1. quick to act; alert

   Synonyms: alisto, maliksi, alerto, maagap

Derived terms

• kalistuhan
• pagkalisto

Related terms

• alisto

Further reading

• “listo”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018.

Anagrams

• tilos