serio

serio

1. neuter of seriu

 

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From French série, Italian serie, English series, German Serie, Polish seria, Russian се́рия (sérija), all from Latin seriēs. Compare Yiddish סעריע (serye).

• IPA^(key): [seˈrio]

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• Rhymes: -io
• Hyphenation: se‧ri‧o

serio (accusative singular serion, plural serioj, accusative plural seriojn)

1. series

• seria (“serial”)

From Latin sērius (“grave, earnest, serious”), from Proto-Indo-European *swer- (“heavy”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɛ.rjo/
• Rhymes: -ɛrjo
• Hyphenation: sè‧rio

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serio (feminine seria, masculine plural seri, feminine plural serie, superlative serissimo)

1. serious
2. earnest

• semiserio (“semi-serious”, adjective)
• seriamente

• erosi, ireos, irose, rosei, siero, siero-

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈseː.ri.oː/, [ˈs̠eːrioː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈse.ri.o/, [ˈsɛːrio]

sēriō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of sērius

• “serio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “serio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• serio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • (ambiguous) to say in earnest..: serio dicere (Plaut. Bacch. 1. 1. 42)
    

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɛ.rjɔ/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɛrjɔ
• Syllabification: se‧rio

Borrowed from Italian serio, from Latin sērius.

serio (comparative bardziej serio, superlative najbardziej serio, no derived adverb)

1. (colloquial) serious (without humor or expression of happiness)

   Synonym: poważny

   Antonym: niepoważny

serio (comparative bardziej serio, superlative najbardziej serio)

1. (informal) in earnest, seriously

   Synonyms: na poważnie, na serio, nie na żarty, poważnie

   Mówisz serio? ― You're not joking, are you?

2. (informal) seriously, wholeheartedly

   Potraktuj sprawę serio. ― Treat this matter seriously.

serio

1. for real, seriously (let's be serious)

   Synonyms: na poważnie, na serio

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

serio f

1. vocative singular of seria

• serio in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• serio in Polish dictionaries at PWN

serio

1. first-person singular present indicative of seriar

serio (feminine seria, masculine plural serios, feminine plural serias)

1. Obsolete spelling of sério.

• IPA^(key): /ˈseɾjo/ [ˈse.ɾjo]
• Rhymes: -eɾjo
• Syllabification: se‧rio

From Latin sērius.

serio (feminine seria, masculine plural serios, feminine plural serias, superlative serísimo)

1. serious, earnest, sober, solemn (without humor)
   • 1998, Vicente Francisco Torres M., La novela bolero latinoamericana, UNAM, →ISBN, page 168:

     Nunca te vuelvas una persona seria.

     Never become a serious person.

2. serious, grave, deep (important, weighty)

   Synonym: grave

   • 1888, Armando Palacio Valdés, El cuarto poder, Library of Alexandria, →ISBN:

     […] y quisiera hablar con usted de un asunto serio, a ver qué me aconseja.

     […] and I wanted to speak with you about a serious matter, to see what advice you give.

3. serious (really intending what was said)
4. straight (demeanor)

   Mi culpa. Solo no podía mantener la cara seria por mucho tiempo. Era imposible.

   My bad. I just couldn't keep a straight face for very long. It was impossible.

5. staid (formal)

   Su despedida de soltero parece que va a ser un evento muy serio. Digo, se espera que usemos vestimenta formal.

   His bachelor party seems like it's going to be a very staid affair. I mean, we are expected to wear formal attire.

• → Catalan: sério
• → Ye'kwana: sediuje

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

serio

1. first-person singular present indicative of seriar

• “serio”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28