serio
AsturianEdit
AdjectiveEdit
serio
EsperantoEdit
EtymologyEdit
From French série, Italian serie, English series, German Serie, Polish seria, Russian се́рия (sérija), all from Latin seriēs. Compare Yiddish סעריע (serye).
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
serio (accusative singular serion, plural serioj, accusative plural seriojn)
Derived termsEdit
- seria (“serial”)
ItalianEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Latin sērius (“grave, earnest, serious”), from Proto-Indo-European *swer- (“heavy”).
PronunciationEdit
AdjectiveEdit
serio (feminine seria, masculine plural seri, feminine plural serie, superlative serissimo)
Derived termsEdit
- semiserio (“semi-serious”, adjective)
- seriamente
AnagramsEdit
LatinEdit
PronunciationEdit
AdjectiveEdit
sēriō
ReferencesEdit
- “serio”, in Charlton T[homas] Lewis; Charles [Lancaster] Short (1879) […] A New Latin Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.; Cincinnati, Ohio; Chicago, Ill.: American Book Company; Oxford: Clarendon Press.
- “serio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- serio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- (ambiguous) to say in earnest..: serio dicere (Plaut. Bacch. 1. 1. 42)
- (ambiguous) to say in earnest..: serio dicere (Plaut. Bacch. 1. 1. 42)
PolishEdit
PronunciationEdit
AdverbEdit
serio (comparative bardziej serio, superlative najbardziej serio)
- (informal) seriously, not jokingly
- Mówisz serio? ― You're not joking, are you?
- (informal) seriously, wholeheartedly
- Potraktuj sprawę serio. ― Treat this matter seriously.
Further readingEdit
- serio in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- serio in Polish dictionaries at PWN
PortugueseEdit
AdjectiveEdit
serio m (feminine singular seria, masculine plural serios, feminine plural serias, comparable)
- Obsolete spelling of sério
VerbEdit
serio
SpanishEdit
PronunciationEdit
Etymology 1Edit
AdjectiveEdit
serio (feminine seria, masculine plural serios, feminine plural serias)
- serious, earnest, sober, solemn (without humor)
- 1998, Vicente Francisco Torres M., La novela bolero latinoamericana, UNAM →ISBN, page 168
- Nunca te vuelvas una persona seria.
- Never become a serious person.
- 1998, Vicente Francisco Torres M., La novela bolero latinoamericana, UNAM →ISBN, page 168
- serious, grave, deep (important, weighty)
- 1888, Armando Palacio Valdés, El cuarto poder, Library of Alexandria →ISBN
- […] y quisiera hablar con usted de un asunto serio, a ver qué me aconseja.
- […] and I wanted to speak with you about a serious matter, to see what advice you give.
- Synonym: grave
- 1888, Armando Palacio Valdés, El cuarto poder, Library of Alexandria →ISBN
- serious (really intending what was said)
- straight (demeanor)
- Mi culpa. Solo no podía mantener la cara seria por mucho tiempo. Era imposible.
- My bad. I just couldn't keep a straight face for very long. It was impossible.
- staid (formal)
- Su despedida de soltero parece que va a ser un evento muy serio. Digo, se espera que usemos vestimenta formal.
- His bachelor party seems like it's going to be a very staid affair. I mean, we are expected to wear formal attire.
Derived termsEdit
- en serio
- hablar en serio (“to be serious”)
- seriamente
- seriar
- tomarse en serio (“to take to heart, to take seriously”)
Related termsEdit
Etymology 2Edit
Conjugated form
VerbEdit
serio
Further readingEdit
- “serio”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014