lúcido
Portuguese
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin lūcidus. Compare the archaic inherited doublet lúzio.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈlu.si.du/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈlu.si.do/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈlu.si.du/ [ˈlu.si.ðu]
- Hyphenation: lú‧ci‧do
Adjective
lúcido (feminine lúcida, masculine plural lúcidos, feminine plural lúcidas)
- lucid; clear (easily understood)
- lucid; sane (mentally rational)
- lucid (bright, luminous, translucent or transparent)
Derived terms
Further reading
- “lúcido”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
- “lúcido” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
- “lúcido”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
Anagrams
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin lūcidus. Doublet of the inherited lucio.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈluθido/ [ˈlu.θi.ð̞o] (Spain, Equatorial Guinea)
- IPA(key): /ˈlusido/ [ˈlu.si.ð̞o] (Latin America, Philippines)
- Rhymes: -uθido (Spain, Equatorial Guinea)
- Rhymes: -usido (Latin America, Philippines)
- Syllabification: lú‧ci‧do
Adjective
lúcido (feminine lúcida, masculine plural lúcidos, feminine plural lúcidas)
Derived terms
Further reading
- “lúcido”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025