lesivo

Esperanto

Etymology

Borrowed from French lessive, from Latin lixīva, from lixīvus (“made into lye”), by ellipsis of the phrase aqua lixīva. Compare Italian lisciva, Spanish lejía, Romanian leșie.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [leˈsivo]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ivo
• Hyphenation: le‧si‧vo

Noun

lesivo (uncountable, accusative lesivon)

1. washing solution, detergent

Derived terms

• lesivpulvoro (“detergent (powder)”)

See also

• lavmaŝino (“washing machine”)

Italian

Etymology

From leso (“damaged”, “injured”) +‎ -ivo (“-ive”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /leˈzi.vo/
• Rhymes: -ivo
• Hyphenation: le‧sì‧vo

Adjective

lesivo (feminine lesiva, masculine plural lesivi, feminine plural lesive) [with di]

1. detrimental or damaging (to); injurious

Derived terms

• lesivamente
• lesività

Related terms

• ledere

Further reading

• lesivo in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
• lesivo in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
• lesivo in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
• lesivo in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
• lesivo in sapere.it – De Agostini Editore
• lesivo in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

• evolsi, solevi

Portuguese

Etymology

From leso +‎ -ivo.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /leˈzi.vu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /leˈzi.vu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /leˈzi.vo/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /lɨˈzi.vu/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /lɨˈzi.vu/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /lɨˈzi.bu/ [lɨˈzi.βu]

• Hyphenation: le‧si‧vo

Adjective

lesivo (feminine lesiva, masculine plural lesivos, feminine plural lesivas)

1. harmful or damaging (to); injurious; detrimental

   Synonyms: nocivo, prejudicial, ruim

Related terms

• lesão
• leso

Spanish

Etymology

From leso +‎ -ivo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /leˈsibo/ [leˈsi.β̞o]
• Rhymes: -ibo
• Syllabification: le‧si‧vo

Adjective

lesivo (feminine lesiva, masculine plural lesivos, feminine plural lesivas)

1. harmful or damaging (to)

   Synonym: perjudicial

2. injurious

   Synonym: injurioso

3. detrimental

   Synonym: detrimental

Derived terms

• lesividad

 

Further reading

• “lesivo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28