siso

See also: sisó

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician and Old Galician-Portuguese siso, from Latin sensus. Doublet of senso. Cognate with Portuguese siso and Spanish seso.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsiso̝/

Noun

siso m (plural sisos)

1. sense, intellect, judgment, understanding, mind
   • 1319, M. Romaní Martínez (ed.), La colección diplomática de Santa María de Oseira (1025-1310). Santiago: Tórculo Edicións, page 44:

     Eu donna Mayor Moniz jazendo doente de grave infirmidade en o corpo pero con todo meu siso et entendemento conprido [...]

     I, lady Maior Moniz, lying sick because of a serious illness of my body, but with all of my intellect and understanding [...]

   Synonyms: chencha, entendemento, senso, sentido, tino, xuízo

Derived terms

• asisado
• moa do siso

References

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• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “siso”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
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• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “siso”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

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Portuguese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsi.zu/

Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese siso, earlier seso, from Latin sensus. Doublet of senso.

Noun

siso m (plural s)

1. sense, judgment

Synonyms

• bom senso, juízo, tino, sensatez

Derived terms

• sisudo

Related terms

• sentir

Verb

siso

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Etymology 2

A reduction of dente do siso.

Noun

siso m (plural s)

1. (dentistry) wisdom tooth

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Spanish

Verb

siso

1. First-person singular (yo) present indicative form of sisar.