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