lisonja
Portuguese
editPronunciation
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- Hyphenation: li‧son‧ja
Etymology 1
editBorrowed from Spanish lisonja, of Occitan or Old French origin.
Noun
editlisonja f (plural lisonjas)
Derived terms
editEtymology 2
editVerb
editlisonja
- inflection of lisonjar:
Spanish
editEtymology
editInherited from Old Spanish losenja, from Occitan/Old Occitan lauzenja, from Late Latin laudemia (“praise”), from Latin laus. However, compare Old French losenge (“flattery”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editlisonja f (plural lisonjas)
- flattering comment
- Synonym: piropo
Derived terms
editDescendants
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
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- Rhymes:Spanish/onxa
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