leviano

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Spanish leviano (cf. modern Spanish liviano), from Vulgar Latin *levianus. Old Portuguese had the inherited form livão, showing a native treatment of intervocalic Latin /n/. Compare Galician leviao.

Adjective

leviano (feminine leviana, masculine plural levianos, feminine plural levianas)

flighty, thoughtless
frivolous, flippant
fickle
imprudent, inconsiderate
precipitate, rash
Synonyms: irrefletido, precipitado, imprudente, insensato, leve
(Brazil) light, weightless

Related terms

levianamente

References

LUFT, Celso Pedro. Dicionário Luft. São Paulo: Ática, 2000. →ISBN ()
Joan Coromines; José A. Pascual (1984), “leve”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), volume III (G–Ma), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 637

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