# serio
## Asturian
### Adjective

serio
* neuter of seriu

## Esperanto
### Etymology

From French série, Italian serie, English series, German Serie, Polish seria, Russian се́рия (sérija), all from Latin seriēs. Compare Yiddish סעריע (serye).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [seˈrio]
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -io
* Hyphenation: se‧ri‧o

### Noun

serio (accusative singular serion, plural serioj, accusative plural seriojn)
* series

#### Derived terms

* seria (“serial”)

## Italian
### Etymology

From Latin sērius (“grave, earnest, serious”), from Proto-Indo-European *swer- (“heavy”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈsɛ.rjo/
* Audio:(file)
* Homophone: Serio
* Rhymes: -ɛrjo
* Hyphenation: sè‧rio

### Adjective

serio (feminine seria, masculine plural seri, feminine plural serie, superlative serissimo)
* serious
* earnest

#### Derived terms

* semiserio (“semi-serious”, adjective)
* seriamente

### References

* ↑ serio in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

### Anagrams

* erosi, ireos, irose, rosei, siero, siero-

## Latin
### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /ˈseː.ri.oː/, [ˈs̠eːrioː]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈse.ri.o/, [ˈsɛːrio]

### Adjective

sēriō
* dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of sērius

### References

* “serio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
* “serio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
* serio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
* Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co. (ambiguous) to say in earnest..: serio dicere (Plaut. Bacch. 1. 1. 42)

## Polish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈsɛ.rjɔ/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ɛrjɔ
* Syllabification: se‧rio

### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Italian serio, from Latin sērius.

#### Adjective

serio (comparative bardziej serio, superlative najbardziej serio, no derived adverb)
* (colloquial) serious (without humor or expression of happiness)
    Synonym: poważny
    Antonym: niepoważny

#### Adverb

serio (comparative bardziej serio, superlative najbardziej serio)
* (informal) in earnest, seriously
    Synonyms: na poważnie, na serio, nie na żarty, poważnie
    Mówisz serio? ― You're not joking, are you?
* (informal) seriously, wholeheartedly
    Potraktuj sprawę serio. ― Treat this matter seriously.

#### Particle

serio
* for real, seriously (let's be serious)
    Synonyms: na poważnie, na serio

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Noun

serio f
* vocative singular of seria

### Further reading

* serio in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
* serio in Polish dictionaries at PWN

## Portuguese
### Etymology 1
#### Verb

serio
* first-person singular present indicative of seriar

### Etymology 2
#### Adjective

serio (feminine seria, masculine plural serios, feminine plural serias)
* Obsolete spelling of sério.

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈseɾjo/ [ˈse.ɾjo]
* Rhymes: -eɾjo
* Syllabification: se‧rio

### Etymology 1

From Latin sērius.

#### Adjective

serio (feminine seria, masculine plural serios, feminine plural serias, superlative serísimo)
* serious, earnest, sober, solemn (without humor)
** 1998, Vicente Francisco Torres M., La novela bolero latinoamericana, UNAM, →ISBN, page 168:Nunca te vuelvas una persona seria.Never become a serious person.
* serious, grave, deep (important, weighty)
    Synonym: grave
** 1888, Armando Palacio Valdés, El cuarto poder, Library of Alexandria, →ISBN:[…] y quisiera hablar con usted de un asunto serio, a ver qué me aconseja. […] and I wanted to speak with you about a serious matter, to see what advice you give.
* serious (really intending what was said)
* straight (demeanor)
    Mi culpa. Solo no podía mantener la cara seria por mucho tiempo. Era imposible.My bad. I just couldn't keep a straight face for very long. It was impossible.
* staid (formal)
    Su despedida de soltero parece que va a ser un evento muy serio. Digo, se espera que usemos vestimenta formal.His bachelor party seems like it's going to be a very staid affair. I mean, we are expected to wear formal attire.

##### Derived terms

* en serio
* enseriar
* hablar en serio (“to be serious”)
* seriamente
* seriar
* tomarse en serio (“to take to heart, to take seriously”)

##### Related terms

* seriedad

##### Descendants

* → Catalan: sério
* → Ye'kwana: sediuje

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

serio
* first-person singular present indicative of seriar

#### Further reading

* “serio”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10