levadizo
Spanish
Etymology
Inherited from Vulgar Latin *levātīcius, from Latin levāre. By surface analysis, levado + -izo.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -iθo
- IPA(key): /lebaˈdiθo/ [le.β̞aˈð̞i.θo] (Spain)
- IPA(key): /lebaˈdiso/ [le.β̞aˈð̞i.so] (Latin America, Philippines)
- Rhymes: -iθo (Spain)
- Rhymes: -iso (Latin America, Philippines)
- Syllabification: le‧va‧di‧zo
Adjective
levadizo (feminine levadiza, masculine plural levadizos, feminine plural levadizas)
- able to be lifted
Related terms
- puente levadizo (“drawbridge”)
Further reading
- “levadizo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024