listo

Borrowed from Spanish listo.

• IPA^(key): /ˈlisto/ [ˈl̪is.to]
• Hyphenation: lis‧to

lísto (intensified listohon, Basahan spelling ᜎᜒᜐ᜔ᜆᜓ)

1. adept, apt, clever
2. adroit, dexterous
3. quick, fast

   Synonyms: rikas, kaskas

Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *līstǭ. Compare Latin lista, German Liste, French liste, Italian lista, Polish lista

• IPA^(key): /ˈlisto/

• Audio 1:

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• Rhymes: -isto
• Syllabification: lis‧to

listo (accusative singular liston, plural listoj, accusative plural listojn)

1. list (written enumeration or compilation of a set of items)

• listigi (“to list, make a list”)
• aĉetlisto (“shopping list”)

From Esperanto listo, from English list, French liste, German Liste, Italian lista, Portuguese lista, Spanish lista.

listo (plural listi)

1. list

listo

1. first-person singular present indicative of listare

• solti, stilo, stilo-, stilò, tolsi

Unknown. Cognate to Portuguese lesto (“agile”), Catalan llest (“clever; ready”), Italian lesto (“quick”), Maltese lest (“ready”).

• If "clever" be the original sense, probably from Proto-Germanic *listiz; compare Old High German and Old English list, both "knowledge, experience, cunning, art, trick, slyness" (see English list). A semantic development "clever" → "quick" → "ready" is very plausible, but note that the association with "cleverness" apparently exists only in Catalan, Ladino and Spanish (and might thus be secondary). Note also Irish cliste (“clever”).
• Alternatively, perhaps from a Vulgar Latin *lextus or *lestus, reduced from *lexitus, as an alteration of Latin lēctus (“chosen; read”), participle of legō.

listo (Hebrew spelling ליסטו)^[1]

1. clever; shrewd; smart (with ser)

   Synonyms: astuto, intelijente, perspikás

2. ready; set; all set; prepared; poised; up; down (with estar)

   Synonyms: aparejado, dispuesto, preparado

• IPA^(key): /ˈlis.tɔ/
• Rhymes: -istɔ
• Syllabification: lis‧to

listo

1. vocative singular of lista

• Audio (Portugal (Porto)):

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• Rhymes: (Brazil) -istu, (Portugal, Rio de Janeiro) -iʃtu
• Hyphenation: lis‧to

listo

1. first-person singular present indicative of listar

• IPA^(key): /ˈlisto/ [ˈlis.t̪o]
• Rhymes: -isto
• Syllabification: lis‧to

Unknown. Cognate to Portuguese lesto (“agile”), Catalan llest (“clever; ready”), Italian lesto (“quick”), Maltese lest (“ready”).

• If "clever" is the original sense, probably from Proto-Germanic *listiz; compare Old High German and Old English list, both "knowledge, experience, cunning, art, trick, slyness" (see English list). A semantic development "clever" → "quick" → "ready" is very plausible, but note that the association with "cleverness" apparently exists only in Spanish and Catalan (and might thus be secondary). Note also Irish cliste (“clever”).
• Alternatively, perhaps from a Vulgar Latin *lextus or *lestus, reduced from *lexitus, as an alteration of Latin lēctus (“chosen; read”), participle of legō.

Compare English -logist (in sense of "expertise").

listo (feminine lista, masculine plural listos, feminine plural listas, superlative listísimo)

1. clever, smart (with ser)

   Synonyms: avispado, astuto, pillo, inteligente, perspicaz

   Cree que es el estudiante más listo de su clase.

   He has the illusion that he is the smartest in his class.

2. ready, set, all set, prepared, poised, up, down (with estar)

   Synonyms: preparado, dispuesto, aparejado

   ¿Estás listo?

   Are you ready?

   Ella siempre estaba lista para un desafío.

   She was always up for a challenge.

   Estoy listo para lo que quieras hacer.

   I'm down for whatever you want to do.

3. alert

   Synonym: alerta

listo

1. get set! (before starting a race)
2. that's it! (it's finished!)

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

listo

1. first-person singular present indicative of listar

• “listo”, 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

Borrowed from Spanish listo.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈlisto/ [ˈlis.t̪o], /lisˈto/ [lɪsˈt̪o]
• Rhymes: -isto, -o
• Syllabification: lis‧to

listo or listó (feminine lista, Baybayin spelling ᜎᜒᜐ᜔ᜆᜓ)

1. quick to act; alert

   Synonyms: alisto, maliksi, alerto, maagap

• “listo”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018

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