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improviso
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See also: improvisó
English
Etymology
From Latin improvisus (“unforeseen”); compare Italian improvviso.
Adjective
improviso (not comparable)
- (obsolete) Not prepared beforehand; unpremeditated; extemporaneous.
- a. 1784, Samuel Johnson, "Improviso Translation of the following lines of M. Benserade A Son Lit"
References
- “improviso”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
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Catalan
Verb
improviso
Galician
Verb
improviso
Latin
Alternative forms
Adjective
imprōvīsō
Derived terms
References
- “improviso”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: im‧pro‧vi‧so
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Latin imprōvīsus (“unforeseen”).
Noun
improviso m (plural improvisos)
- improvisation (act or art of composing and rendering music, poetry, and the like, without prior preparation)
- makeshift (a temporary, usually insubstantial, substitution for something else)
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
improviso
Further reading
- “improviso”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
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Spanish
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Latin imprōvīsus.
Adjective
improviso (feminine improvisa, masculine plural improvisos, feminine plural improvisas)
Derived terms
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
improviso
Further reading
- “improviso”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024
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