lisonja
Portuguese edit
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: li‧son‧ja
Etymology 1 edit
Borrowed from Spanish lisonja, of Occitan or Old French origin.
Noun edit
lisonja f (plural lisonjas)
Derived terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
Verb edit
lisonja
- inflection of lisonjar:
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Old Spanish losenja, from Occitan/Old Occitan lauzenja, from Late Latin laudemia (“praise”), from Latin laus. However, compare Old French losenge (“flattery”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
lisonja f (plural lisonjas)
- flattering comment
- Synonym: piropo
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
- → Portuguese: lisonja
References edit
- Roberts, Edward A. (2014) A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Spanish Language with Families of Words based on Indo-European Roots, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN
Further reading edit
- “lisonja”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014