liso
Portuguese, adjective/ˈli.zu/
liso is spelled L-I-S-O (4 letters) and appears 5.5 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 11,403rd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Liso is a Portuguese adjective meaning “smooth-textured” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “que é sem asperezas, pregas, rugas”.
What does liso mean in English?
adjective
- 1
smooth-textured
- 2
flat (having no height variation)
- 3
plain (of just one color)
- 4
straight-haired
cabelo liso
- 5
sincere, truthful
- 6
colloquialbald (having no hair)
- 7
colloquialflat-chested
- 8
colloquialbroke, penniless (with little or no money)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. que é sem asperezas, pregas, rugas 2. que tem superfície plana, a não apresentar depressão, sem elevação, não ondulado 3. que é polido, que tem lisura na superfície 4. que não é ondulado nem encaracolado
adverb: 1. sem dificuldade, com perfórmance excelente
noun: 1. militante do partido dos lisos 2. gole de cachaça 3. copo grande de pinga
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of liso
- lisa feminine
- lisos masculine plural
- lisas feminine plural
- lisinho diminutive
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce liso?
- Brazil /ˈli.zu/
- Portugal /ˈli.zu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to liso
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is liso in Portuguese?
liso appears 5.5 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).