Lediça

See also: lediça

Portuguese

Etymology

From lediça, from Old Galician-Portuguese lediça, from Latin laetitia (“great joy; pleasure”). Doublet of Letícia.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /leˈd͡ʒi.sɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /leˈd͡ʒi.sɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /leˈd͡ʒi.sa/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /lɨˈdi.sɐ/ [lɨˈði.sɐ]

Proper noun

Lediça f

1. (rare) a female given name, equivalent to English Letitia
   • 1532, Gil Vicente, Farsa da Lusitânia:

     Lediça vay a janela […]

     Lediça, go to the window […]

Related terms

• Letícia