ledo

See also: Ledo, lédo, and lědo

Esperanto

Etymology

From German Leder and English leather.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈledo/

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• Rhymes: -edo
• Syllabification: le‧do

Noun

ledo (accusative singular ledon, plural ledoj, accusative plural ledojn)

1. leather

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese ledo (“happy”) (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin laetus (“happy”). Cognate with Portuguese ledo, Spanish ledo and Italian lieto.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈleðo̝/, /ˈlɛðo̝/

Adjective

ledo (feminine leda, masculine plural ledos, feminine plural ledas)

1. happy, joyful
   • c1350, Kelvin M. Parker (ed.), Historia Troyana. Santiago: Instituto "Padre Sarmiento", page 120:

     Agora vaamos ala et façamos o que podermos fazer et nõ aja y outro cõsello mays toda via fazede en guisa que bem çedo de [manãa] seja a villa çercada [per] força ou [per] al ca se nos tomamos Troya, ledos et cõ plazer tornaremos ha nossas terras

     Now, let's we go there and do what we can; we won't have another meeting; do anything to have the town sieged early in the morning, forcibly or in any way; because if we take Troy, we'll return happy and pleased to our lands

   Synonym: alegre

Related terms

• ledicia
• Ledo
• ledo coma un cuco

References

• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “ledo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “ledo”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “ledo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “ledo”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “ledo”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɛ.do/
• Rhymes: -ɛdo
• Hyphenation: lè‧do

Verb

ledo

1. first-person singular present indicative of ledere

Anagrams

• Delo, lode

Latin

Alternative forms

• lidūna

Etymology

Possibly from Gaulish.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈɫɛ.doː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈlɛː.do]
• Homophone: Ledo

Noun

ledō m (genitive ledōnis); third declension

1. (Medieval Latin) ebb (of the sea)

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	ledō	ledōnēs
genitive	ledōnis	ledōnum
dative	ledōnī	ledōnibus
accusative	ledōnem	ledōnēs
ablative	ledōne	ledōnibus
vocative	ledō	ledōnēs

Related terms

• Ledo
• Ledus

See also

• malina

References

• "ledo", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

Makasar

Etymology

Cognate Buginese palledong.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈledo/, [ˈle.do]
• Hyphenation: le‧do

Noun

ledo (Lontara spelling ᨒᨙᨉᨚ or 𑻮𑻵𑻧𑻶, definite ledoa)

1. (anatomy) forearm

See also

• paling-paling (“arm; upper arm”)

Further reading

• Cense, A. A. (1979), Makassaars-Nederlands woordenboek [Makasar-Dutch dictionary], 's-Gravenhage: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN

Mauritian Creole

Etymology

From French le dos.

Noun

ledo

1. back (the rear of the body)

References

• Carpooran, Arnaud (2011), Diksioner Morisien [Mauritian Dictionary] (in Mauritian Creole), second edition, Éditions Le Printemps, →ISBN, page 621

Old Galician-Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin laetus (“happy”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɛ.do/

Adjective

ledo m (plural ledos, feminine leda, feminine plural ledas)

1. happy
   • a. 1284, Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, Códice de los músicos, cantiga 46 (facsimile):

     […] Mui ledo ſſe tornou / aſſa t[er]ra […]

     […] he returned happy to his homeland […]

Descendants

• Galician: ledo
• Portuguese: ledo

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• lédo (obsolete)

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese ledo (“happy”), from Latin laetus (“happy”). Cognate with Galician and Spanish ledo and Italian lieto.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈle.du/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈle.du/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈle.do/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈle.du/ [ˈle.ðu], (archaic) /ˈlɛ.du/ [ˈlɛ.ðu]

• Hyphenation: le‧do

Adjective

ledo (feminine leda, masculine plural ledos, feminine plural ledas)

1. (rare, obsolete, fossil word) happy; joyful; merry

   Synonyms: feliz, alegre

   Antonyms: infeliz, triste, cabisbaixo

   • 1572, Luís Vaz de Camões, Os Lusíadas, 3rd canto:

     Naquelle engano da alma, ledo & cego, / Que a fortuna não deixa durar muito

     In that soully mistake, joyful & sightless, / Which Fortune doth not let last long

Usage notes

• Modern use mostly restricted to the set phrase ledo engano.

Derived terms

• ledamente
• ledo engano
• lediça, ledice

Related terms

• Lediça, Letícia (personal names)

Further reading

• “ledo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Swedish

Verb

ledo

1. (pre-1940) plural past indicative of lida