- liso
- adj.1 smooth, even, uniform, sleek.2 flat.3 glabrous, leave.4 rude.pres.indicat.1st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: lisar.* * *liso► adjetivo1 (sin desigualdades) smooth, even2 (sin desniveles) flat3 (sin arrugas) smooth4 (pelo) straight5 (color) plain\FRASEOLOGÍAlisa y llanamente purely and simply* * *(f. - lisa)adj.1) smooth2) even3) flat4) plain5) straight* * *1. ADJ1) [terreno, superficie] smooth, even; [neumático] bald2) [pelo] straight3) [mar] calm4) (Dep)
los 400 metros lisos — the 400-metre flat race
5) (=sin adornos) plain, unadorned; (=de un solo color) plain6) And, Cono Sur (=grosero) rude7) LAm * (=descarado) fresh *, cheeky, sassy (EEUU)8) * (=de poco pecho) flat-chested2.SM Cono Sur tall beer glasslisa* * *-sa adjetivo1) <piel/superficie> smooth; <pelo> straight; <terreno> flatlos 200 metros lisos — (Esp) the 200 meter sprint
2) (sin dibujos) plainliso y llano — plain and simple; llanamente
3) (fam) <mujer> flat-chested4) (Per fam) (insolente) fresh (AmE colloq), cheeky (BrE colloq)* * *= flat [flatter -comp., flattest -sup.], smooth [smoother -comp., smoothest -sup.], straight [straighter -comp., straightest -sup.], sleek [sleeker -comp., sleekest -sup.].Ex. The film-strip may roll sideways a little as a canister is removed if they are housed on flat shelves.Ex. The typescript will be fuzzy and indistinct without the smooth, firm surface which the backing sheet offers.Ex. The right tail of the Bradford distribution has been considered to be straight or drooping.Ex. In coloured communities earlier in the century, 'good' hair meant straight & sleek hair - curly/kinky hair that had been straightened.----* cabello liso = straight hair.* estómago liso = flat stomach.* pantalones lisos = flat-front pants.* pelo liso = straight hair.* * *-sa adjetivo1) <piel/superficie> smooth; <pelo> straight; <terreno> flatlos 200 metros lisos — (Esp) the 200 meter sprint
2) (sin dibujos) plainliso y llano — plain and simple; llanamente
3) (fam) <mujer> flat-chested4) (Per fam) (insolente) fresh (AmE colloq), cheeky (BrE colloq)* * *= flat [flatter -comp., flattest -sup.], smooth [smoother -comp., smoothest -sup.], straight [straighter -comp., straightest -sup.], sleek [sleeker -comp., sleekest -sup.].Ex: The film-strip may roll sideways a little as a canister is removed if they are housed on flat shelves.
Ex: The typescript will be fuzzy and indistinct without the smooth, firm surface which the backing sheet offers.Ex: The right tail of the Bradford distribution has been considered to be straight or drooping.Ex: In coloured communities earlier in the century, 'good' hair meant straight & sleek hair - curly/kinky hair that had been straightened.* cabello liso = straight hair.* estómago liso = flat stomach.* pantalones lisos = flat-front pants.* pelo liso = straight hair.* * *liso -saadjectiveA1 ‹piel/superficie› smooth2 ‹pelo› straight3 ‹terreno› flatcarrera de 200 metros lisos (Esp); 200 meter sprint o raceB (sin dibujos) plainun diseño geométrico sobre un fondo liso a geometrical pattern on a plain backgrounduna falda verde, lisa a plain, green skirtliso y llano plain and simpleC (fam); ‹mujer› flat-chestedD (Per fam) (insolente) fresh (AmE colloq), cheeky (BrE colloq)* * *
liso◊ -sa adjetivo
1 ‹piel/superficie› smooth;
‹pelo› straight;
‹terreno› flat
2 (sin dibujos) plain
3 (Per fam) (insolente) fresh (AmE colloq), cheeky (BrE colloq)
liso,-a
I adjetivo
1 (textura) smooth, even
2 (sin rizos, sin pliegues) straight
3 (sin estampar) plain
4 Dep corre los doscientos metros lisos, he runs the two hundred metres sprint
5 LAm (descarado) rude
II adverbio lisa y llanamente, purely and simply
'liso' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
lisa
- lisura
- suave
- pelo
English:
even
- flat
- pancake
- plain
- smooth
- straight
- unruffled
* * *liso, -a♦ adj1. [llano] flat;[sin asperezas] smooth; Esplos 400 metros lisos the 400 metres;lisa y llanamente quite simply;hablando lisa y llanamente to put it plainly2. [no estampado] plain;una tela lisa a plain fabric3. [pelo] straight4. [mujer] flat-chested♦ nm,fAndes, CAm, Ven cheeky person;es un liso he's so cheeky* * *lisoadj1 smooth2 terreno flat;cien metros lisos DEP one hundred meter sprint, one hundred meters3 pelo straight4 (sin adornos) plain;lisa y llanamente plainly and simply* * *liso, -sa adj1) : smooth2) : flat3) : straightpelo liso: straight hair4) : plain, unadornedliso y llano: plain and simple* * *liso adj1. (superficie) smooth / flat [comp. flatter; superl. flattest]la superficie lisa del vaso the smooth surface of the glass2. (pelo) straightlleva el pelo liso y largo she's got long, straight hair3. (color) plainuna corbata lisa a plain tie
Spanish-English dictionary. 2013.