lucio

See also: Lucio, lució, lúcio, and Luciô

Aragonese

Un lucio.

Etymology

Inherited from Latin lūcius (“pike”). Cognates include Spanish lucio and Catalan lluç.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈluθjo/
• IPA^(key): /ˈlusjo/ (Benasquese)
• Rhymes: -uθjo
• Rhymes: -usjo (Benasquese)
• Syllabification: lu‧cio

Noun

lucio m (plural lucios)

1. pike (fish)

References

• Martínez Tur, Feliciano; Rodés Orquín, Francho (2022), “lucio”, in Diccionario aragonés-castellano-catalán‎^[1], Zaragoza, Spain: Estudio de Filolochía Aragonesa, Edicions Dichitals de l’Academia de l’Aragonés, published April 2025, →ISSN, page 727

Interlingua

Noun

lucio (plural lucios)

1. pike (fish)

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlu.t͡ʃo/
• Rhymes: -utʃo
• Hyphenation: lù‧cio

Noun

lucio m (plural luci, feminine lucia)

1. (Tuscany, colloquial) turkey (“bird or meat”)

   Synonym: tacchino

Further reading

• “lucio”, in Vocabolario Treccani on line (in Italian), Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana, 2026

Latin

Noun

lūciō

1. dative/ablative singular of lūcius

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈluθjo/ [ˈlu.θjo] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• IPA^(key): /ˈlusjo/ [ˈlu.sjo] (Latin America, Philippines)

• Audio (Spain):

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• Rhymes: -uθjo (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• Rhymes: -usjo (Latin America, Philippines)
• Syllabification: lu‧cio

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin lūcius.

Noun

lucio m (plural lucios)

1. pike (any carnivorous freshwater fish of the genus Esox)

Etymology 2

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *luscidus, from Latin luscus.

Noun

lucio m (plural lucios)

1. slowworm

   Synonym: lución

Etymology 3

Inherited from Latin lūcidus. Compare the borrowed doublet lúcido.

Adjective

lucio (feminine lucia, masculine plural lucios, feminine plural lucias)

1. bright, luminous

   Synonyms: brillante, claro, luminoso, resplandeciente

2. shiny

   Synonym: reluciente

Related terms

• lúcido
• lucir

Further reading

• “lucio”, 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