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Webster 1913 Edition


Improviso

Imˊpro-vi′so

,
Adj.
[L.
improvisus
unforeseen; cf. It.
improvviso
.]
Not prepared or mediated beforehand; extemporaneous.
[Obs.]
Jonhson.

Definition 2024


improviso

improviso

See also: improvisó

English

Adjective

improviso (not comparable)

  1. (obsolete) Not prepared beforehand; unpremeditated; extemporaneous.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Johnson to this entry?)


Catalan

Verb

improviso

  1. first-person singular present indicative form of improvisar

Galician

Verb

improviso

  1. first-person singular present indicative of improvisar

Latin

Adjective

imprōvīsō

  1. dative masculine singular of imprōvīsus
  2. dative neuter singular of imprōvīsus
  3. ablative masculine singular of imprōvīsus
  4. ablative neuter singular of imprōvīsus

References

  • improviso in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers

Portuguese

Noun

improviso m (plural improvisos)

  1. improvisation (act or art of composing and rendering music, poetry, and the like, without prior preparation)
  2. makeshift (a temporary, usually insubstantial, substitution for something else)

Verb

improviso

  1. first-person singular (eu) present indicative of improvisar
    Eu improviso uma canção.
    I improvise a song.

Spanish

Verb

improviso

  1. First-person singular (yo) present indicative form of improvisar.