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improviso

See also: improvisó

English

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Etymology

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Latin improvisus (“unforeseen”); compare Italian improvviso.

Adjective

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improviso (not comparable)

  1. (obsolete) Not prepared beforehand; unpremeditated; extemporaneous.
    • a. 1784, Samuel Johnson, "Improviso Translation of the following lines of M. Benserade A Son Lit"

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Catalan

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Verb

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improviso

  1. first-person singular present indicative of improvisar

Galician

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Verb

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improviso

  1. first-person singular present indicative of improvisar

Latin

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Alternative forms

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Adjective

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imprōvīsō

  1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of imprōvīsus

References

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  • “improviso”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers

Portuguese

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Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: im‧pro‧vi‧so

Etymology 1

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Borrowed from Latin imprōvīsus (“unforeseen”).

Noun

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improviso m (plural improvisos)

  1. improvisation (act or art of composing and rendering music, poetry, and the like, without prior preparation)
  2. makeshift (a temporary, usually insubstantial, substitution for something else)

Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

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improviso

  1. first-person singular present indicative of improvisar

Spanish

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /impɾoˈbiso/ [ĩm.pɾoˈβ̞i.so]
  • Rhymes: -iso
  • Syllabification: im‧pro‧vi‧so

Etymology 1

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From Latin imprōvīsus.

Adjective

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improviso (feminine improvisa, masculine plural improvisos, feminine plural improvisas)

  1. unannounced; out of the blue
Derived terms
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Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

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improviso

  1. first-person singular present indicative of improvisar

Further reading

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