sério
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Catalan
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Spanish serio, from Latin serius.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]sério (feminine séria, masculine plural sérios, feminine plural séries)
- (colloquial, Castilianism, Valencia) Alternative form of seriós
Further reading
[edit]- “sério” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Portuguese
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Learned borrowing from Latin sērius (“serious”), from Proto-Indo-European *swer- (“heavy”).
Pronunciation
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- Homophones: céreo, cério
- Hyphenation: sé‧ri‧o
Adjective
[edit]sério (feminine séria, masculine plural sérios, feminine plural sérias, comparable, comparative mais sério, superlative o mais sério or seríssimo or seriíssimo, diminutive seriozinho, augmentative seriozão)
- serious; solemn (without humor or expression of happiness)
- serious (leaving no room for play; needing great attention)
- Synonym: importante
- Crime é um problema sério.
- Crime is a serious problem.
- (of diseases and other medical conditions) dangerous
- which can’t be joked about; no laughing matter
- Autismo é coisa séria.
- Autism is no laughing matter.
- (of a disaster or accident) grave
- Synonym: grave
- A queda de um prédio é um acidente sério.
- The collapse of a building is a grave accident.
Antonyms
[edit]- (antonym(s) of “solemn”): descontraído
- (antonym(s) of “needing greater attention”): desimportante, insignificante, irrelevante
Derived terms
[edit]Adverb
[edit]sério
- concerning serious matters
- Synonym: seriamente
- Preciso falar sério contigo.
- I need to speak about something serious with you.
Noun
[edit]sério m (uncountable)
Interjection
[edit]sério?
- really? (indicating surprise at, or requesting confirmation of)
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