Etymology

Borrowed from SpanishCategory:Central Bikol terms borrowed from Spanish#LISTOCategory:Central Bikol terms derived from Spanish#LISTO listo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlisto/ [ˈl̪is.to]Category:Central Bikol terms with IPA pronunciation#LISTO
• Hyphenation: lis‧to

Adjective

lísto (intensified listohon, Basahan spelling ᜎᜒᜐ᜔ᜆᜓ)Category:Central Bikol lemmas#LISTOCategory:Central Bikol adjectives#LISTOCategory:Central Bikol terms with missing Basahan script entries#LISTOCategory:Central Bikol terms with Basahan script#LISTOCategory:Central Bikol entries with incorrect language header#LISTOCategory:Pages with entries#LISTOCategory:Pages with 9 entries#LISTO

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

   Synonyms: rikas, kaskas

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-West GermanicCategory:Esperanto terms derived from Proto-West Germanic#LISTO *līstā. Compare Latin lista, German Liste, French liste, Italian lista, Polish lista

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlisto/Category:Esperanto 2-syllable words#LISTOCategory:Esperanto terms with IPA pronunciation#LISTO

• Audio 1:

  (file)

  Category:Esperanto terms with audio pronunciation#LISTO

• Audio 2:

  (file)

  Category:Esperanto terms with audio pronunciation#LISTO
• Rhymes: -istoCategory:Rhymes:Esperanto/isto#LISTOCategory:Rhymes:Esperanto/isto/2 syllables#LISTO
• Syllabification: lis‧to

Noun

listo (accusative singular liston, plural listoj, accusative plural listojn)Category:Esperanto lemmas#LISTOCategory:Esperanto nouns#LISTOCategory:Esperanto entries with incorrect language header#LISTOCategory:Pages with entries#LISTOCategory:Pages with 9 entries#LISTO

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

Further reading

• “listo”, in Plena Ilustrita Vortaro de Esperanto [Complete Illustrated Dictionary of Esperanto], 2020, →ISBN
• “listo”, in Reta Vortaro [Online Dictionary] (in Esperanto), 1997-2026

Etymology

From EsperantoCategory:Ido terms derived from Esperanto#LISTO listo, from EnglishCategory:Ido terms derived from English#LISTO list, FrenchCategory:Ido terms derived from French#LISTO liste, GermanCategory:Ido terms derived from German#LISTO Liste, ItalianCategory:Ido terms derived from Italian#LISTO lista, PortugueseCategory:Ido terms derived from Portuguese#LISTO lista, SpanishCategory:Ido terms derived from Spanish#LISTO lista.

Noun

listoCategory:Ido lemmas#LISTOCategory:Ido nouns#LISTOCategory:Ido entries with incorrect language header#LISTOCategory:Pages with entries#LISTOCategory:Pages with 9 entries#LISTO (plural listi)

1. list

Verb

listoCategory:Italian non-lemma forms#LISTOCategory:Italian verb forms#LISTOCategory:Italian entries with incorrect language header#LISTOCategory:Pages with entries#LISTOCategory:Pages with 9 entries#LISTO

1. first-person singular present indicative of listare

Anagrams

• solti, stilo, stilo-, stilò, tolsi

Etymology

UnknownCategory:Ladino terms with unknown etymologies#LISTO. Cognate to Portuguese lesto (“agile”), Catalan llest (“clever; ready”), Italian lesto (“quick”), Maltese lest (“ready”).

• If "clever" be the original sense, probably from Proto-GermanicCategory:Ladino terms derived from Proto-Germanic#LISTO *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 LatinCategory:Ladino terms derived from Vulgar Latin#LISTO *lextus or *lestus, reduced from *lexitus, as an alteration of LatinCategory:Ladino terms derived from Latin#LISTO lēctus (“chosen; read”), participle of legō.

Adjective

listo (Hebrew spelling ליסטו)Category:Ladino lemmas#LISTOCategory:Ladino adjectives#LISTOCategory:Ladino adjectives in Latin script#LISTOCategory:Ladino entries with incorrect language header#LISTOCategory:Pages with entries#LISTOCategory:Pages with 9 entries#LISTO^[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

References

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlis.tɔ/Category:Polish 2-syllable words#LISTOCategory:Polish terms with IPA pronunciation#LISTO
• Rhymes: -istɔCategory:Rhymes:Polish/istɔ#LISTOCategory:Rhymes:Polish/istɔ/2 syllables#LISTO
• Syllabification: lis‧to

Noun

listoCategory:Polish non-lemma forms#LISTOCategory:Polish noun forms#LISTOCategory:Polish entries with incorrect language header#LISTOCategory:Pages with entries#LISTOCategory:Pages with 9 entries#LISTO

1. vocative singular of lista

Pronunciation

• Audio (Portugal (Porto)):

  (file)

  Category:Portuguese terms with audio pronunciation#LISTO
• Rhymes: (Brazil) -istu, (Portugal, Rio de Janeiro) -iʃtuCategory:Rhymes:Portuguese/istu#LISTOCategory:Rhymes:Portuguese/istu/2 syllables#LISTOCategory:Rhymes:Portuguese/iʃtu#LISTOCategory:Rhymes:Portuguese/iʃtu/2 syllables#LISTO
• Hyphenation: lis‧to

Verb

listoCategory:Portuguese non-lemma forms#LISTOCategory:Portuguese verb forms#LISTOCategory:Portuguese entries with incorrect language header#LISTOCategory:Pages with entries#LISTOCategory:Pages with 9 entries#LISTO

1. first-person singular present indicative of listar

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlisto/ [ˈlis.t̪o]Category:Spanish 2-syllable words#LISTOCategory:Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation#LISTO
• Rhymes: -istoCategory:Rhymes:Spanish/isto#LISTOCategory:Rhymes:Spanish/isto/2 syllables#LISTO
• Syllabification: lis‧to

Etymology 1

UnknownCategory:Spanish terms with unknown etymologies#LISTO. Cognate to Portuguese lesto (“agile”), Catalan llest (“clever; ready”), Italian lesto (“quick”), Maltese lest (“ready”).

• If "clever" is the original sense, probably from Proto-GermanicCategory:Spanish terms derived from Proto-Germanic#LISTO *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 LatinCategory:Spanish terms derived from Vulgar Latin#LISTO *lextus or *lestus, reduced from *lexitus, as an alteration of LatinCategory:Spanish terms derived from Latin#LISTO lēctus (“chosen; read”), participle of legō.

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

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Further reading

• “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

Etymology

Borrowed from SpanishCategory:Tagalog terms borrowed from Spanish#LISTOCategory:Tagalog terms derived from Spanish#LISTO listo.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈlisto/ [ˈlis.t̪o], /lisˈto/ [lɪsˈt̪o]Category:Tagalog 2-syllable words#LISTOCategory:Tagalog 2-syllable words#LISTOCategory:Tagalog terms with IPA pronunciation#LISTO
• Rhymes: -isto, -oCategory:Rhymes:Tagalog/isto#LISTOCategory:Rhymes:Tagalog/isto/2 syllables#LISTOCategory:Rhymes:Tagalog/o#LISTOCategory:Rhymes:Tagalog/o/2 syllables#LISTO
• Syllabification: lis‧toCategory:Tagalog terms with malumay pronunciation#LISTOCategory:Tagalog terms with mabilis pronunciation#LISTO

Adjective

listo or listó (feminine lista, Baybayin spelling ᜎᜒᜐ᜔ᜆᜓ)Category:Tagalog lemmas#LISTOCategory:Tagalog adjectives#LISTOCategory:Tagalog terms with missing Baybayin script entries#LISTOCategory:Tagalog terms with Baybayin script#LISTOCategory:Tagalog entries with incorrect language header#LISTOCategory:Pages with entries#LISTOCategory:Pages with 9 entries#LISTO

1. quick to act; alert

   Synonyms: alisto, maliksi, alerto, maagap

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• tilos