lecho

See also: lechó and lëchò

Ladino

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish lecho, llecho, from Latin lectus (or from the variant Latin lectum). Cognate with Galician and Portuguese leito, Catalan llit, Asturian llechu, and French lit.

Noun

lecho m (Hebrew spelling ליג׳ו)

1. (countable) bed (a piece of furniture, usually flat and soft, on which to rest or sleep)

   Synonym: kama

   • 2005, Aki Yerushalayim‎^[1], volumes 26–28, page 71:

     Ya meldatesh por seguro en las gazetas ke el governo esta aparejando una ley grasias a la kuala no va aver mas estos terribles " bekchis " vinidos espesilamente de Anadol i los kualos kon sus espavoresientes sopas azian tanto espantar a todos akeyos ke tienen el koraje de durmir repozados en sus lechos.

     Now you certainly read in the papers that the government is preparing a law thanks to whoever is no longer having more [of] these terrible ‘guards’, especially from Anadol, coming with their frightening clubs, terrifying everybody who has the courage the sleep soundly in bed.

Old Spanish

Alternative forms

• llecho

Etymology

Inherited from Latin lectus.

Cognate with Old French lit and Old Galician-Portuguese leito.

Noun

lecho m (plural lechos)

1. (countable) bed (a piece of furniture, usually flat and soft, on which to rest or sleep)

   Synonym: cama

Descendants

• Ladino: lecho / ליג׳ו
• Spanish: lecho

References

• Ralph Steele Boggs et al. (1946), “lecho”, in Tentative Dictionary of Medieval Spanish, volume II, Chapel Hill, page 302

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlet͡ʃo/ [ˈle.t͡ʃo]
• Rhymes: -etʃo
• Syllabification: le‧cho

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *legʰ-der.

Latin lectus

Old Spanish lecho

Spanish lecho

Inherited from Old Spanish lecho, llecho, from Latin lectus or its variant lectum.

Cognate with Asturian llechu, Catalan llit, French lit, Galician and Portuguese leito, Catalan llit.

Noun

lecho m (plural lechos)

1. (higher register, countable) bed

   Synonyms: cama, catre (Philippines)

2. bed (garden plot)
3. riverbed (path where a river runs)

   Synonyms: álveo, madre, cauce

4. (geology) stratum (layer of sedimentary rock)
5. litter (material used for animals)

Derived terms

• abandonar el lecho
• lecho de muerte
• lecho de rosas
• mar en lecho

Related terms

• lechiga

Etymology 2

Verb

lecho

1. first-person singular present indicative of lechar

Further reading

• “lecho”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025