Listo

Today’s Spanish word of the day is “listo” in the masculine form, or “lista” in the feminine form.

It’s an adjective meaning “ready” or “clever”.

The origin of the word “listo” is disputed. One theory is that it could come the Gothic word listeigs, meaning “cunning” or “crafty”, though it has also been suggested it may come from the same Latin root as the verb “leer” (“to read”).

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