levadizo

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *levātīcius, from Latin levāre. By surface analysis, levado +‎ -izo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /lebaˈdiθo/ [le.β̞aˈð̞i.θo]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /lebaˈdiso/ [le.β̞aˈð̞i.so]
• Rhymes: -iθo
• Rhymes: -iso
• Syllabification: le‧va‧di‧zo

Adjective

levadizo (feminine levadiza, masculine plural levadizos, feminine plural levadizas)

1. able to be lifted

Related terms

• puente levadizo (“drawbridge”)

 

Further reading

• “levadizo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014