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

• lisonjeiro

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”).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

lisonja f (plural lisonjas)

1. flattering comment

   Synonym: piropo

Derived terms

• lisonjear
• lisonjero

Descendants

• → Portuguese: lisonja

Further reading

• “lisonja”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10