"lesto" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [Italian]

IPA: /ˈlɛ.sto/ Forms: lesta [feminine], lesti [masculine, plural], leste [feminine, plural]
Rhymes: -ɛsto Etymology: Uncertain. Possibly from a slang expression. Compare Portuguese lesto (“fast, agile”), Spanish listo and Catalan llest. Etymology templates: {{unc|it}} Uncertain, {{m+|pt|lesto|t=fast, agile}} Portuguese lesto (“fast, agile”), {{m+|es|listo}} Spanish listo, {{m+|ca|llest}} Catalan llest Head templates: {{it-adj}} lesto (feminine lesta, masculine plural lesti, feminine plural leste)
  1. quick, fast Derived forms: allestire, lestamente, lesto di lingua, lesto di mano
    Sense id: en-lesto-it-adj-iXvahDcS Categories (other): Italian entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries

Adjective [Portuguese]

IPA: /ˈlɛs.tu/ [Brazil], /ˈlɛs.tu/ [Brazil], /ˈlɛʃ.tu/ [Rio-de-Janeiro], /ˈlɛs.to/ [Southern-Brazil], /ˈlɛʃ.tu/ [Portugal] Forms: lesta [feminine], lestos [masculine, plural], lestas [feminine, plural]
Etymology: Perhaps from Proto-Germanic *listiz; compare Old High German and Old Norse lista, English list, Italian lesto and Spanish listo. Alternatively, possibly from a Vulgar Latin *lextus or *lestus, reduced from *lexitus, as an alteration of Latin lēctus (“chosen; read”), participle of legō. Etymology templates: {{der|pt|gem-pro|*listiz}} Proto-Germanic *listiz, {{cog|goh,non|lista}} Old High German and Old Norse lista, {{cog|en|list}} English list, {{cog|it|lesto}} Italian lesto, {{cog|es|listo}} Spanish listo, {{der|pt|VL.||*lextus}} Vulgar Latin *lextus, {{der|pt|la|lēctus||chosen; read}} Latin lēctus (“chosen; read”) Head templates: {{pt-adj}} lesto (feminine lesta, masculine plural lestos, feminine plural lestas)
  1. agile Synonyms: ágil, desembaraçado, rápido
    Sense id: en-lesto-pt-adj-BS~zi--z Categories (other): Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Portuguese entries with incorrect language header

Noun [Tocharian B]

Etymology: An uncertain formation, but ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *legʰ- (“to lie (down), lay; resting place”), whence lyäk-. Cognate with Tocharian A lyäk. Also related to lest (“heap, pile”). Etymology templates: {{der|txb|ine-pro|*legʰ-|t=to lie (down), lay; resting place}} Proto-Indo-European *legʰ- (“to lie (down), lay; resting place”), {{cog|xto|lyäk}} Tocharian A lyäk Head templates: {{head|txb|noun}} lesto
  1. nest (of a bird), den (of an animal), lair Related terms: leke, leki, lest, lyak, lyäk-
    Sense id: en-lesto-txb-noun-ha-c~Q2J Categories (other): Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Tocharian B entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fr",
            "2": "leste",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ French: leste",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ French: leste"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "it"
      },
      "expansion": "Uncertain",
      "name": "unc"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pt",
        "2": "lesto",
        "t": "fast, agile"
      },
      "expansion": "Portuguese lesto (“fast, agile”)",
      "name": "m+"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "es",
        "2": "listo"
      },
      "expansion": "Spanish listo",
      "name": "m+"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ca",
        "2": "llest"
      },
      "expansion": "Catalan llest",
      "name": "m+"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Uncertain. Possibly from a slang expression. Compare Portuguese lesto (“fast, agile”), Spanish listo and Catalan llest.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "lesta",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lesti",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leste",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "lesto (feminine lesta, masculine plural lesti, feminine plural leste)",
      "name": "it-adj"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "lè‧sto"
  ],
  "lang": "Italian",
  "lang_code": "it",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Italian entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 3 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "word": "allestire"
        },
        {
          "word": "lestamente"
        },
        {
          "word": "lesto di lingua"
        },
        {
          "word": "lesto di mano"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "He was walking home fast.",
          "text": "Camminava lesto verso casa.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "quick, fast"
      ],
      "id": "en-lesto-it-adj-iXvahDcS",
      "links": [
        [
          "quick",
          "quick"
        ],
        [
          "fast",
          "fast"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈlɛ.sto/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɛsto"
    }
  ],
  "word": "lesto"
}

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  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pt",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*listiz"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *listiz",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "goh,non",
        "2": "lista"
      },
      "expansion": "Old High German and Old Norse lista",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "list"
      },
      "expansion": "English list",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "it",
        "2": "lesto"
      },
      "expansion": "Italian lesto",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "es",
        "2": "listo"
      },
      "expansion": "Spanish listo",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pt",
        "2": "VL.",
        "3": "",
        "4": "*lextus"
      },
      "expansion": "Vulgar Latin *lextus",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pt",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "lēctus",
        "4": "",
        "5": "chosen; read"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin lēctus (“chosen; read”)",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Perhaps from Proto-Germanic *listiz; compare Old High German and Old Norse lista, English list, Italian lesto and Spanish listo. Alternatively, possibly from a Vulgar Latin *lextus or *lestus, reduced from *lexitus, as an alteration of Latin lēctus (“chosen; read”), participle of legō.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "lesta",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lestos",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lestas",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "lesto (feminine lesta, masculine plural lestos, feminine plural lestas)",
      "name": "pt-adj"
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "pt",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
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        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 3 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Portuguese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "agile"
      ],
      "id": "en-lesto-pt-adj-BS~zi--z",
      "links": [
        [
          "agile",
          "agile"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "ágil"
        },
        {
          "word": "desembaraçado"
        },
        {
          "word": "rápido"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈlɛs.tu/",
      "tags": [
        "Brazil"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈlɛs.tu/",
      "tags": [
        "Brazil"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈlɛʃ.tu/",
      "tags": [
        "Rio-de-Janeiro"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈlɛs.to/",
      "tags": [
        "Southern-Brazil"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈlɛʃ.tu/",
      "tags": [
        "Portugal"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "lesto"
}

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  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "txb",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*legʰ-",
        "t": "to lie (down), lay; resting place"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *legʰ- (“to lie (down), lay; resting place”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "xto",
        "2": "lyäk"
      },
      "expansion": "Tocharian A lyäk",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "An uncertain formation, but ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *legʰ- (“to lie (down), lay; resting place”), whence lyäk-. Cognate with Tocharian A lyäk. Also related to lest (“heap, pile”).",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "txb",
        "2": "noun"
      },
      "expansion": "lesto",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Tocharian B",
  "lang_code": "txb",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 3 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Tocharian B entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "nest (of a bird), den (of an animal), lair"
      ],
      "id": "en-lesto-txb-noun-ha-c~Q2J",
      "links": [
        [
          "nest",
          "nest"
        ],
        [
          "den",
          "den"
        ],
        [
          "lair",
          "lair"
        ]
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "leke"
        },
        {
          "word": "leki"
        },
        {
          "word": "lest"
        },
        {
          "word": "lyak"
        },
        {
          "word": "lyäk-"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "lesto"
}
{
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "allestire"
    },
    {
      "word": "lestamente"
    },
    {
      "word": "lesto di lingua"
    },
    {
      "word": "lesto di mano"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fr",
            "2": "leste",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ French: leste",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ French: leste"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "it"
      },
      "expansion": "Uncertain",
      "name": "unc"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pt",
        "2": "lesto",
        "t": "fast, agile"
      },
      "expansion": "Portuguese lesto (“fast, agile”)",
      "name": "m+"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "es",
        "2": "listo"
      },
      "expansion": "Spanish listo",
      "name": "m+"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ca",
        "2": "llest"
      },
      "expansion": "Catalan llest",
      "name": "m+"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Uncertain. Possibly from a slang expression. Compare Portuguese lesto (“fast, agile”), Spanish listo and Catalan llest.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "lesta",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lesti",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leste",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "lesto (feminine lesta, masculine plural lesti, feminine plural leste)",
      "name": "it-adj"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "lè‧sto"
  ],
  "lang": "Italian",
  "lang_code": "it",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Italian 2-syllable words",
        "Italian adjectives",
        "Italian entries with incorrect language header",
        "Italian lemmas",
        "Italian terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Italian terms with unknown etymologies",
        "Italian terms with usage examples",
        "Pages with 3 entries",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Rhymes:Italian/ɛsto",
        "Rhymes:Italian/ɛsto/2 syllables"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "He was walking home fast.",
          "text": "Camminava lesto verso casa.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "quick, fast"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "quick",
          "quick"
        ],
        [
          "fast",
          "fast"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈlɛ.sto/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɛsto"
    }
  ],
  "word": "lesto"
}

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  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pt",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*listiz"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *listiz",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "goh,non",
        "2": "lista"
      },
      "expansion": "Old High German and Old Norse lista",
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    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "list"
      },
      "expansion": "English list",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "it",
        "2": "lesto"
      },
      "expansion": "Italian lesto",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "es",
        "2": "listo"
      },
      "expansion": "Spanish listo",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pt",
        "2": "VL.",
        "3": "",
        "4": "*lextus"
      },
      "expansion": "Vulgar Latin *lextus",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pt",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "lēctus",
        "4": "",
        "5": "chosen; read"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin lēctus (“chosen; read”)",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Perhaps from Proto-Germanic *listiz; compare Old High German and Old Norse lista, English list, Italian lesto and Spanish listo. Alternatively, possibly from a Vulgar Latin *lextus or *lestus, reduced from *lexitus, as an alteration of Latin lēctus (“chosen; read”), participle of legō.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "lesta",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lestos",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lestas",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "lesto (feminine lesta, masculine plural lestos, feminine plural lestas)",
      "name": "pt-adj"
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "pt",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Pages with 3 entries",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Portuguese 2-syllable words",
        "Portuguese adjectives",
        "Portuguese entries with incorrect language header",
        "Portuguese lemmas",
        "Portuguese terms derived from Latin",
        "Portuguese terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
        "Portuguese terms derived from Vulgar Latin",
        "Portuguese terms with IPA pronunciation"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "agile"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "agile",
          "agile"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "ágil"
        },
        {
          "word": "desembaraçado"
        },
        {
          "word": "rápido"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈlɛs.tu/",
      "tags": [
        "Brazil"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈlɛs.tu/",
      "tags": [
        "Brazil"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈlɛʃ.tu/",
      "tags": [
        "Rio-de-Janeiro"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈlɛs.to/",
      "tags": [
        "Southern-Brazil"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈlɛʃ.tu/",
      "tags": [
        "Portugal"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "lesto"
}

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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "txb",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*legʰ-",
        "t": "to lie (down), lay; resting place"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *legʰ- (“to lie (down), lay; resting place”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "lyäk"
      },
      "expansion": "Tocharian A lyäk",
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    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "An uncertain formation, but ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *legʰ- (“to lie (down), lay; resting place”), whence lyäk-. Cognate with Tocharian A lyäk. Also related to lest (“heap, pile”).",
  "head_templates": [
    {
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        "2": "noun"
      },
      "expansion": "lesto",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Tocharian B",
  "lang_code": "txb",
  "pos": "noun",
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    {
      "word": "leke"
    },
    {
      "word": "leki"
    },
    {
      "word": "lest"
    },
    {
      "word": "lyak"
    },
    {
      "word": "lyäk-"
    }
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    {
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        "Pages with 3 entries",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Tocharian B entries with incorrect language header",
        "Tocharian B lemmas",
        "Tocharian B nouns",
        "Tocharian B terms derived from Proto-Indo-European"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "nest (of a bird), den (of an animal), lair"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "nest",
          "nest"
        ],
        [
          "den",
          "den"
        ],
        [
          "lair",
          "lair"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "lesto"
}

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