Polyglot Dictionary

lisonja

/liˈzõʒɐ/

a noun C1

o (masc.) a (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Academic Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
as lisonjas

Meaning

  1. flattery

    • Odeia lisonjas.

      He hates flattery.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

Similar in other languages

Spanish

adulación

adulación is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "flattery."

Spanish

zalamería

zalamería is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "flattery."

Practice

1 What does lisonja mean?

2 Fill the gap: Odeia ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches lisonja?

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