lucio

See also: Lucio, lució, lúcio, and Luciô

Interlingua

Noun

lucio (plural lucios)

1. pike (fish)

Latin

Noun

lūciō

1. dative/ablative singular of lūcius

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /ˈluθjo/ [ˈlu.θjo]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /ˈlusjo/ [ˈlu.sjo]

• Audio (Spain):

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• Rhymes: -uθjo
• Rhymes: -usjo
• Syllabification: lu‧cio

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin lūcius.

Noun

lucio m (plural lucios)

1. pike (any carnivorous freshwater fish of the genus Esox)

Etymology 2

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *luscidus, from Latin luscus.

Noun

lucio m (plural lucios)

1. slowworm

   Synonym: lución

Etymology 3

Inherited from Latin lūcidus. Compare the borrowed doublet lúcido.

Adjective

lucio (feminine lucia, masculine plural lucios, feminine plural lucias)

1. bright, luminous

   Synonyms: brillante, claro, luminoso, resplandeciente

2. shiny

   Synonym: reluciente

Related terms

• lúcido
• lucir

 

Further reading

• “lucio”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 23rd edition, Royal Spanish Academy, 2014 October 16