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lucido

shiny

adjective LOO-chee-doh Rare

Also means

lucid

Usage Note

Lucido primarily means shiny or polished (scarpe lucide = polished shoes), but also means mentally clear and lucid — è rimasto lucido fino alla fine (he remained lucid until the end). The noun lucido can also refer to shoe polish or a transparency/overhead projector slide in older usage. Do not confuse with luminoso (bright, luminous), which refers to emitting light.

Examples

"Il pavimento è lucido dopo la pulizia."

Natural Translation

The floor is shiny after the cleaning.

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