lisonja

Portuguese

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /liˈzõ.ʒɐ/

  • Hyphenation: li‧son‧ja

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Spanish lisonja, of Occitan or Old French origin.

Noun

lisonja f (plural lisonjas)

  1. flattery
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Verb

lisonja

  1. inflection of lisonjar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish losenja, from Old Occitan lauzenja, lausenga, from Old French losenge (“deception, flattery”), either from Frankish *lausungu (“deception, lying”), in which case cognate with English leasing (“lying, fraud, falsehood, deceit”); or, from Late Latin laudemia (with the ending by analysis with the opposite blasphemia), from Latin laus (“praise”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /liˈsonxa/ [liˈsõŋ.xa]
  • Rhymes: -onxa
  • Syllabification: li‧son‧ja

Noun

lisonja f (plural lisonjas)

  1. flattering comment
    Synonym: piropo

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Portuguese: lisonja

References

  1. ^ Roberts, Edward A. (2014) A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Spanish Language with Families of Words based on Indo-European Roots, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN, p. 133

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