serio

• Audio

  (file)

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

1. series

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

• Rhymes: -ɛrjo

serio (feminine singular seria, masculine plural seri, feminine plural serie)

1. serious
2. earnest

• semiserio (“semi-serious”, adjective)

• erosi, irose, rosei, siero

sēriō

1. dative masculine singular of sērius
2. dative neuter singular of sērius
3. ablative masculine singular of sērius
4. ablative 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, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • (ambiguous) to say in earnest..: serio dicere (Plaut. Bacch. 1. 1. 42)
    

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɛrʲ.jɔ/

serio (comparative bardziej serio, superlative najbardziej serio)

1. (informal) seriously, not jokingly

   Mówisz serio?

   You're not joking, are you?

2. (informal) seriously, wholeheartedly

   Potraktuj sprawę serio.

   Treat this matter seriously.

serio m (feminine singular seria, masculine plural serios, feminine plural serias, comparable)

1. Obsolete spelling of sério

From Latin sērius.

• IPA^(key): /ˈseɾjo/

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

1. serious (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 (important, weighty)
   • 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.

   Synonym: grave

3. serious (really intending what was said)

• seriedad

• “serio” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.