serio

See also: Serio, sério, and Sério

Asturian

Adjective

serio

1. neuter of seriu

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Esperanto

Etymology

From French série, Italian serie, English series, German Serie, Polish seria, Russian се́рия (sérija), all from Latin seriēs. Compare Yiddish סעריע‎ (serye).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [seˈrio]
• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -io
• Hyphenation: se‧ri‧o

Noun

serio (accusative singular serion, plural serioj, accusative plural seriojn)

1. series

Derived terms

• seria (“serial”)

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Italian

Etymology

From Latin sērius (“grave, earnest, serious”), from Proto-Indo-European *swer- (“heavy”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɛ.rjo/
• Rhymes: -ɛrjo
• Hyphenation: sè‧rio

Adjective

serio (feminine seria, masculine plural seri, feminine plural serie, superlative serissimo)

1. serious
2. earnest

Derived terms

• semiserio (“semi-serious”, adjective)
• seriamente

Anagrams

• erosi, ireos, irose, rosei, siero, siero-

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Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈseː.ri.oː/, [ˈs̠eːrioː]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈse.ri.o/, [ˈsɛːrio]

Adjective

sēriō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of sērius

References

• “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)
    

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Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɛ.rjɔ/

• Audio

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• Rhymes: -ɛrjɔ
• Syllabification: se‧rio

Adverb

serio (comparative bardziej serio, superlative najbardziej serio)

1. (informal) seriously, not jokingly

   Mówisz serio? ― You're not joking, are you?

2. (informal) seriously, wholeheartedly

   Potraktuj sprawę serio. ― Treat this matter seriously.

Further reading

• serio in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• serio in Polish dictionaries at PWN

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Portuguese

Adjective

serio m (feminine singular seria, masculine plural serios, feminine plural serias, comparable)

1. Obsolete spelling of sério

Verb

serio

1. first-person singular (eu) present indicative of seriar

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈseɾjo/, [ˈse.ɾjo]

Etymology 1

From Latin sērius.

Adjective

serio (feminine seria, masculine plural serios, feminine plural serias)

1. 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.

2. 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

3. serious (really intending what was said)
4. 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.

5. 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 terms

• en serio
• hablar en serio (“to be serious”)
• seriamente
• seriar
• tomarse en serio (“to take to heart, to take seriously”)

 

Related terms

• seriedad

Etymology 2

Conjugated form

Verb

serio

1. First-person singular (yo) present indicative form of seriar.

Further reading

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