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leito

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Aragonese

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Etymology

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Akin to Italian letto, from Latin lectus.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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leito m (plural leitos)

  1. bed

Galician

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Etymology

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From Old Galician-Portuguese leito, from Latin lectus. Cognate with Portuguese leito and Spanish lecho.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈlejto/ [ˈlej.t̪ʊ]
  • Rhymes: -ejto
  • Hyphenation: lei‧to

Noun

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leito m (plural leitos)

  1. couch, bed
    Synonym: cama
    • 1775, María Francisca Isla y Losada, Romance:
      Estouche feita un Calabre,
      èas vagoas dos ôllos cán
      à cantos me ben no Leyto:
      aÿ miña Virxen da Paz!
      I'm but a cadaver now,
      And tears fall from the eyes
      Of everyone who see me in bed
      Oh, my Virgin of Peace!
  2. (archaic) stretcher
  3. riverbed
  4. platform of a cart
  5. (masonry) bed (lower surface of an ashlar, brick, etc)

References

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Old Galician-Portuguese

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Etymology

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Inherited from Latin lectus, from Inherited from Proto-Indo-European *legʰ-.

Pronunciation

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  • (Galicia) IPA(key): /ˈlej.to/
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈlej.tʊ/

Noun

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leito m (plural leitos)

  1. bed
    Synonym: cama

Descendants

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  • Galician: leito
  • Portuguese: leito

Further reading

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Portuguese

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Etymology 1

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From Old Galician-Portuguese leito, from Latin lectus, from Proto-Indo-European *legʰ-. Cognate of Spanish lecho, Italian letto and French lit.

Pronunciation

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  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈlej.tu/ [ˈleɪ̯.tu]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈlej.to/ [ˈleɪ̯.to]
 

Noun

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leito m (plural leitos)

  1. (chiefly Brazil) hospital bed
  2. (poetic or archaic) any bed
    Synonym: cama
  3. riverbed
    O rio subiu e saiu do leito.
    The river flooded over the riverbed.
Synonyms
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Etymology 2

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Verb

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leito

  1. first-person singular present indicative of leitar